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House advances a package of conflict-of-interest and lobbyist-disclosure measures
Summary
Lawmakers passed amendments and bills tightening lobbyist-disclosure and conflict-of-interest rules (House Bill 1 and House Bill 97) after floor amendments and debate; HB97 passed 61–? and HB1 passed 63–9 and will proceed to the Senate.
The Utah House moved several ethics and conflict-of-interest measures forward on floor votes, adopting amendments intended to close perceived loopholes in lobbyist-disclosure and public-contract rules.
House Bill 1 (Conflict of Interest Amendments) returned to the floor with amendments to reinstate language clarifying that "commercially reasonable" loans are not treated as special benefits and to tighten disclosure rules for public employees and elected officials. Representative Evans said the measure was intended to "plug a loophole in the lobbyist disclosure…
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