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Relating to lobbying activities of former or future executive or administrative heads of licensing boards, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable
Sponsored by Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R)
Topics:State governmentProfessional licensing
Same legislation: HF 354
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 13, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 16, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Statewide elected officials, agency heads, and members of the general assembly are already banned from becoming lobbyists for two years after leaving their jobs. This bill adds a similar two-year ban for leaders of certain licensing boards who want to become lobbyists. It also stops former lobbyists from becoming leaders of those same licensing boards for two years after they stop lobbying.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, a person who serves as a statewide elected official, the executive or administrative head of an agency of state government, the deputy executive or administrative head of an agency of state government, and a member of the general assembly are prohibited from becoming a lobbyist for two years following the termination of service or employment.1, from acting as a lobbyist for two years after the termination of the person’s service or employment. Additionally, the bill prohibits a person who was a lobbyist from serving as an executive or administrative head of a licensing board for two years after the person stopped lobbying. 1 includes specifically identified licensing boards. The bill does not prohibit an executive or administrative head of a licensing board from lobbying as the board’s executive director.F. By operation of law, a person who knowingly and intentionally acts as a lobbyist when prohibited from being a lobbyist is guilty of a serious misdemeanor and may be reprimanded, suspended, or dismissed from the person’s position or otherwise sanctioned. Under the bill, a person who was a lobbyist and then serves as an executive or administrative head of a licensing board when prohibited commits a serious misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than $2,560.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 16, 2025. On January 23, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: January 23, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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- SF 2131 Relating to lobbying activities of former or future executive or administrative heads of l…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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