HB3586 Summary

• Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act to establish a new definition of "consultant" as a current or former state/local government official or employee compensated by a registrant to provide information, advice, or guidance regarding interactions with state governmental entities.

• Requires registrants to file an amended registration before employing or retaining a consultant, disclosing the consultant's name, address, and the specific governmental entities or officials involved.

• Mandates that consultants register as lobbyists within 2 business days if they communicate with officials on behalf of their employing entity for purposes of influencing executive, legislative, or administrative action, or make expenditures benefitting officials.

• Prohibits compensation to consultants contingent on the outcome of legislative, executive, or administrative action.

• Authorizes units of local government and school districts to adopt ordinances or resolutions regulating consultant services within their jurisdictions using requirements similar to those in the Act.