HJR283 Summary

• Director of the Legislative Services Agency is directed to hire an outside consultant with national expertise in governmental ethics to study Alabama's ethics laws.

• The consultant must have experience from outside the state in the field of governmental ethics.

• The consultant must report findings and recommendations to the Director of the Legislative Services Agency, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

• Report must be delivered by the first day of the 2025 Regular Session.

• Resolution notes that over 300,000 Alabama public officials, employees, and their families are subject to the state's ethics laws.