UT SB0145

Prohibits lobbyists from accepting compensation contingent on specific government action outcomes or calculated based on appropriation amounts, replacing the previous offense of employing someone to lobby for contingent compensation

Increases expenditure thresholds from $10 to $25 for non-food/beverage items and from $30 to $50 for publications and commemorative items that lobbyists may provide to public officials

Creates exemptions from "expenditure" definitions for admission to sporting events, performances, and exhibitions at state or private nonprofit higher education institutions when the purpose is relationship-building with public officials

Narrows definitions of "lobbying," "lobbyist," and "principal" to focus on payment-based lobbying relationships while excluding those who only receive reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses

Maintains the one-year prohibition on former state officials becoming lobbyists and removes outdated references to adjudicative proceedings, purchasing/contracting decisions, and rule drafting from various lobbying-related definitions