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Senate considers joint-rules ethics changes including $250 lobbyist gift limit; item circled for further review
Summary
Senator Barlow introduced Joint Resolution 34 proposing three ethics-rule changes: require recorded conflict declarations, cap lobbyist expenditures to $250 per legislator per year, and require disclosure when a legislator (or household member) receives financial compensation tied to legislative outcomes; senators raised concerns about travel and education trips and asked to hold the item for further consideration.
On the floor Senator Barlow introduced Joint Resolution 34, a joint-rules proposal to amend legislative ethics procedures. He described three principal proposals: (1) a ban or rule that a lobbyist who spends more than $250 on a legislator in a year would violate the code; (2) require that conflict-of-interest declarations be recorded in…
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