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Panel adopts substitute requiring lawmakers to disclose tickets and travel paid by non‑family donors
Summary
House Bill 5585, part of the BRIGHT Act package, would require public officers to annually disclose tickets to entertainment and travel paid by non‑immediate family donors and add disclosures for conferences and trainings paid by lobbyists; the committee adopted an H‑2 substitute and reported the bill with recommendation.
Ashley Schoninger, legislative director for state Rep. Betsy Kaffia, testified in support of House Bill 5585, which would require public officers to annually disclose tickets to concerts, sporting events and other entertainment gifted by lobbyists or non‑immediate‑family donors, and to disclose travel paid by non‑immediate‑family donors.
Schoninger said the bill is focused on transparency and does not ban travel or ticket payments. The substitute narrowed the definition of "immediate family" from the introduced version and added…
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