HB 1340 Summary

• Establishes new ethics regulations requiring disclosure of paid political consultants and restrictions on general assembly members working as consultants or lobbyists for up to three years after leaving office.

• Prohibits elected officials from accepting items of value from lobbyists and bans solicitation of registered lobbyists for future employment while in office.

• Strengthens campaign finance rules by increasing contribution reporting thresholds, requiring electronic filing of large contributions, and imposing penalties for circumventing contribution limits through multiple committees or shell entities.

• Creates an ethics commission enforcement fund from fines and penalties to support ethics investigations and enforcement activities.

• Requires enhanced transparency in campaign expenditure reporting, including detailed descriptions of in-kind contributions and restrictions on gubernatorial appointees making contributions to the governor's campaign.