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Ethics Commission reconsiders and largely waives multiple late-filing civil penalties; some chronic cases assessed
Summary
The Tennessee Ethics Commission voted to reconsider and in many cases waive civil penalties for late filings and late payments by candidates, employers of lobbyists and organizations; commissioners also directed modest penalties in specific chronic or very late cases and recorded roll-call votes on assessments.
Following its advisory-opinion item, the commission took up a series of reconsideration requests and informal civil-penalty assessment proceedings for late filings by candidates, lobbyists and employers of lobbyists.
Members voted to reconsider a block of civil-penalty cases (listed in materials as cases 2024-006 through 2024-071) and then voted to waive the assessments for those cases. The chair recorded a roll-call in which members responded "Aye," and the chair declared the action unanimous.
The commission discussed…
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