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House approves lobbyist licensing changes and expands harassment training requirement to credentialed media
Summary
The House passed a first substitute to HB110 requiring lobbyists to complete workplace-harassment training as a licensing condition; a second substitute to HJR16 added the same training requirement for credentialed news media starting Jan. 1, 2019. The lobbyist bill passed 58–11; the joint rules substitute passed and was later circled for amendment filing.
Representative Jeremy Peterson presented first-substitute HB110 at the request of legislative counsel, saying the measure "requires as a condition of being licensed as a lobbyist that a training module be completed that includes training on workplace harassment" and provides procedures for violations. Representative Aaron and others supported the bill, noting harassment has been an issue across multiple protected categories.
Later in the floor sequence, Representative Jeremy Peterson moved a second substitute to HJR16 that adds credentialed news media to the workplace harassment training requirement, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Peterson said credentialed media would need to take a legislative-provided module and acknowledge completion; Representative Brian King asked whether specific incidents had prompted the change and the sponsor said he was not aware of particular examples but that the recommendation came from legislative counsel to close gaps.
The House approved the first substitute to HB110 (58–11) and adopted the substitute to HJR16 on the floor; HJR16 was later circled to allow an amendment to be filed.
