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Committee votes to repeal nepotism exemptions for legislative and judicial branches
Summary
SB 2661 was advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee to remove language that exempted the legislative and judicial branches from the state's nepotism prohibitions, extending the ethics rule to legislators and judges.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance SB 2661, which would repeal language in the state's code of ethics that previously exempted legislative and judicial branches from nepotism prohibitions.
The chair explained that the earlier drafting had not covered legislators or judges and recommended the repeal be broadened so that "legislators and judges will be bound by the ethics rule against the ethics commission's rules and the statute against nepotism." Committee members supported the change and the measure was adopted with amendments.
Committee members asked no substantive follow-ups during the session and the clerk recorded the committee adoption. The measure will be forwarded with the committee’s recommended amendment to bind all employees of the legislative and judicial branches to the existing nepotism rules.
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