HB3546 Summary

• Increases the Legislative Ethics Commission from 8 to 9 commissioners, with the 9th commissioner being a non-legislator jointly appointed by the Speaker and Senate President.

• Allows the Legislative Inspector General to issue subpoenas without advance approval from the Legislative Ethics Commission.

• Requires the Legislative Ethics Commission to publicly release summary reports where the subject is a current or former General Assembly member and the Inspector General found reasonable cause of a violation.

• Mandates that publicly available summary reports be posted on the websites of both the Legislative Ethics Commission and the Legislative Inspector General.