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Senate delays executive‑branch portions of lobbying law; keeps legislative lobbying disclosure in effect
Summary
The Senate approved a measure to leave new legislative‑lobbying disclosures in place while postponing the portions of the lobbying bill affecting executive‑branch enforcement for up to a year to allow rewriting after constitutional and enforceability concerns were raised.
Senators debated House Bill 6, which would amend the state’s lobbying law. Floor sponsors said concerns identified by the attorney general and other counsel left parts of the law potentially unconstitutional or unenforceable, particularly provisions extending the definition of "lobbyist" to many who do business with the executive branch.
The Senate agreed to a procedural approach: the sections of the law that govern legislative lobbying will remain in effect, but the portions that affect executive‑branch lobbying and…
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