MO SB147

General assembly members prohibited from accepting compensation as paid political consultants for one year after leaving office, and from acting as lobbyists for two years after their term expires (full-time employees barred for one year after termination)

Legislators cannot receive compensation for serving as elected local government official lobbyists while in office, and no individual or business may solicit a sitting legislator to become a lobbyist or paid political consultant

Statewide elected officials, legislators, and their staff, employees, spouses, and dependent children prohibited from accepting any tangible or intangible item of value from lobbyists (excluding informational materials and reported campaign contributions)

Lobbyist registration requirements expanded to include disclosure of all principals in the chain of compensation, and penalties for knowingly failing to register as a lobbyist established as class B misdemeanor for first offense and class D/E felony for subsequent violations

Political officers (governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, legislators, and designated administrative staff) required to complete four hours of ethics training within 120 days of taking office and every two years thereafter, with compensation withheld for noncompliance