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MI SB0963
Bill
AI Summary
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Eliminates the $25 monthly threshold for gifts, making all gifts reportable regardless of value unless equal consideration is received in exchange.
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Prohibits former state legislators from lobbying for 2 years after leaving office if compensation or expenditures for lobbying equal or exceed the lobbyist agent registration threshold.
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Changes lobbyist reporting from semi-annual (January 31 and August 31) to monthly reporting, with reports due within 15 days of each monthly reporting period and a maximum 30-day extension available.
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Shortens the deadline for amended reports from 1 year to 30 days after the initial report filing date.
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Establishes annual adjustment of monetary thresholds and penalties based on the Detroit consumer price index, effective January 1 of each year, with adjustments announced by December 15.
Legislative Description
Occupations: lobbyists; lobbyist reporting requirements; modify, and prohibit engagement in lobbying by former members of the legislature for a certain period of time. Amends secs. 4, 6a & 8 of 1978 PA 472 (MCL 4.414 et seq.); adds sec. 19b & repeals sec. 19a of 1978 PA 472 (MCL 4.429a).
Public employees and officers: state
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Government Operations
3/15/2022