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IN HB1002
Bill
Status
5/4/2015
Primary Sponsor
Brian Bosma
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AI Summary
HEA 1002 Summary
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Repeals existing legislative ethics law (IC 2-2.1-3) effective July 1, 2015 and replaces it with a comprehensive new legislative ethics article (IC 2-2.2) reorganized in the Indiana Code.
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Expands statement of economic interests requirements for legislators and legislative candidates to include detailed reporting of employers, business entities with ownership interests over $5,000, persons providing 25% or more of income, state agencies regulating professions/businesses, lobbyist relatives, and federal/state lobbying registrations.
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Establishes separate House and Senate legislative ethics committees with six members each (three appointed by presiding officer, three by minority leader) to investigate ethics complaints, review economic interest statements, and recommend sanctions or legislation.
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Creates an Office of Legislative Ethics within the legislative services agency to assist members in understanding ethics rules, completing economic interest statements, and advising ethics committees.
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Requires members to file affidavits with any lobbyist providing more than 25% of their non-legislative income, and mandates at least one hour of ethics training annually for all legislators.
Legislative Description
Ethics. Makes the following changes in the laws governing legislative ethics, lobbyist and legislative liaison reporting, and executive agency ethics: (1) Reenacts the legislative ethics statute in a different Indiana Code location and makes changes, including the following: Expands the interests that must be disclosed in a statement of economic interests filed by a legislator or legislative candidate. Requires a filer to report the name of a lobbyist who is a relative of the filer. Requires both the house and the senate to adopt a code of ethics, provide ethics education to members, and review filed statements of economic interests.
Last Action
Public Law 123
5/4/2015