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Senate approves one-year 'cooling-off' restriction on former legislators who become contract lobbyists
Summary
After floor debate about fairness and restraints on future employment, the Utah Senate passed House Bill 345 to restrict retiring legislators from serving as contract lobbyists for one year; supporters framed it as ethics reform, opponents called it a restraint on earning a living.
The Utah Senate voted to pass House Bill 345, a provision of the chamber's ethics package that bars retiring legislators from serving as contract lobbyists for one year. Sponsor Senator Bell described the measure as a way to preserve public trust and to signal that legislators are "citizen servants" rather than lobbyists in training.
Opponents raised the bill's potential impact on individuals' ability to earn a living after public…
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