OK HB2687

Prohibits state agencies from making payments to registered lobbyists for government relations or lobbying services if the recipient filed reports under Ethics Commission Rule 257:23-1-2 within the preceding two-year period

Directs the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, Division of Central Accounting and Reporting, and State Treasurer to block approval, certification, or processing of such prohibited payments

Requires cost savings from blocking these lobbying payments to be remitted to the General Revenue Fund and appropriated according to a formula determined by the Legislature

Effective date of July 1, 2016, with an emergency clause allowing immediate effect upon passage and approval