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Senate advances lobbyist-disclosure overhaul after hours of debate over media, state-employee exemptions and reporting thresholds
Summary
The Utah Senate amended and moved forward second substitute House Bill 14, a contentious lobbyist-disclosure measure, after extended floor debate over whether state employees and members of the news media should be exempt and what dollar threshold should trigger reporting.
The Utah Senate advanced a revised version of second substitute House Bill 14 on Feb. 27 after an extended floor debate over who must register as a lobbyist and what gifts and expenditures must be disclosed. The bill, which the House amended earlier in the session, would tighten disclosure rules and change the reporting threshold for expenditures.
Senator Lyle Hilliard, who carried the bill in the Senate, framed the measure as clarifying existing definitions and tightening reporting so the public can better see when influence is being applied on legislative decisions. "If you listen to the debate over in the house, you know there's some very deep feelings about the fact that we're operating up here as legislators with a cloud over our head," Hilliard said, urging…
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