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Senate committee reviews H686 to expand year-round disclosure of paid lobbying ads, defers vote
Summary
The Senate Committee on Government Operations reviewed a revised H686 that would require lobbyist-paid advertisements to be identified year-round, expand required reporting details (including issue/bill referenced, persons featured and whether the ad expresses support/opposition/neutrality), and set a $1,000 paid-ad reporting threshold; the committee deferred a vote for more testimony Tuesday.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations on May 15 reviewed a renewed draft of H686, a bill that would expand the period during which lobbyist-paid advertisements must be identified from the legislative session to year-round and require more detailed disclosures about those advertisements.
Committee Chair opened the meeting and introduced the draft, saying the committee would take additional testimony and would not vote on the bill that day. Tim Develin, who presented the draft, said the House version had broadened definitions and that this revised draft keeps the current statutory definition of "advertisement" for now while…
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