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PDC training: who counts as a lobbyist and who must register
Summary
A Public Disclosure Commission training video defines "lobbyist" and "lobbyist employer," explains the statutory scope of "legislation," and emphasizes that both lobbyists and their employers have registration and reporting duties under RCW/WAC rules.
Presenter, representing the Public Disclosure Commission, defined the legal scope of lobbying and who must register. "Any person who lobbies, either on that person's own or another's behalf, is a lobbyist," the presenter said, then read the employer definition verbatim: "the person or persons by whom a lobbyist is employed, and all persons by whom the lobbyist is compensated for acting as a lobbyist."
The training clarified that "legislation" includes bills, resolutions, motions, amendments and nominations pending in either house of the state legislature and that registration is required for lobbyists and lobbyist employers even if there was no activity during the reporting period. The presenter pointed attendees to RCW and WAC citations cited in the video for full statutory language and urged contact with the PDC for questions about whether an activity is exempt.
