SB36 Summary

• Revises the definition of "legislative body" to explicitly include the Legislature of Alabama, encompassing both the Senate and House of Representatives, along with their committees and subcommittees.

• Prohibits former members of the Alabama Legislature from lobbying either the Senate or House of Representatives for two years following the end of their elected term, regardless of whether they left office before the term expired.

• Prohibits any elected public official from engaging in lobbying activities before any legislative body or any branch of state or local government during their term of office or remainder thereof.

• Excludes former members of the Alabama Judiciary from these lobbying prohibitions when acting as attorneys in legal, non-lobbying capacities.

• Applies prospectively to public officials elected or re-elected on or after the bill's effective date.