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AL HB118
Bill
Status
1/14/2014
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Hubbard
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AI Summary
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Revises the definition of "legislative body" to include the Legislature of Alabama as a whole, so former members of either house cannot lobby either house for two years after leaving office (previously could lobby the other house immediately).
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Prohibits elected public officials from serving as lobbyists or representing clients before the board, agency, department, or legislative body to which they were elected during their term of office.
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Excludes former members of the Alabama Judiciary who provide legal, non-lobbying services from the lobbying restrictions.
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Applies prospectively to public officials elected or re-elected on or after the bill's effective date.
Legislative Description
Lobbying, further restrictions of by former public officials, ethics statute amended, Secs. 36-25-1, 36-25-23 am'd.
Ethics
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ethics and Campaign Finance
1/14/2014