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House accepts conference compromise on lobbyist-reporting threshold, removes media registration language
Summary
The House adopted a conference committee report on H.B. 14, the lobbyist-disclosure bill, accepting a $50 reporting trigger and removing a provision that would have required media registration as lobbyists. Sponsors described the package as a compromise that preserves most reporting requirements while addressing House concerns about media coverage.
The House accepted a conference committee report on H.B. 14, marked up as a third substitute, that narrows but preserves lobbyist-reporting requirements. Representative Jay Tanner, speaking for the conference, said the Senate held firm on raising the reporting trigger to $50 (from $15) and noted the House succeeded in removing a more burdensome provision that would have required media organizations to register as lobbyists.
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