DE HB13

Establishes a one-year lobbying restriction for former members of the Delaware General Assembly, prohibiting them from acting as paid lobbyists for one year after leaving office.

Violation of the one-year restriction is classified as an unclassified misdemeanor.

Reorganizes existing lobbying violation provisions by renumbering sections 5837-5838 to 5838-5839 while maintaining prior requirements for registration, reporting, and authorization of lobbyists.

Maintains existing penalties for failure to register as a lobbyist, furnishing false information in lobbying documents, and failure to file required authorizations or reports.

Effective date is January 1, 2017.