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CS/CS/SB 544: Legislative Lobbying Expenditures

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Ethics and Elections ; Braynon

Legislative Lobbying Expenditures; Amending and reenacting provisions relating to lobbying before the Legislature; revising the term “expenditure” to exclude the use of a public facility or public property that is made available by a governmental entity to a legislator for a public purpose, to exempt such use from legislative lobbying requirements; providing exceptions when a member or an employee of the Legislature may accept certain expenditures made by a lobbyist or a principal; providing for the future expiration and the reversion as of a specified date of statutory text, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2013
 Last Action: 5/3/2013 Senate - Died in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Rules (RC)
  4. Judiciary (JU)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/30/2013 Senate • Filed
    2/6/2013 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules -SJ 41
    3/5/2013 Senate • Introduced -SJ 41
    3/6/2013 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/11/13, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/11/2013 Senate • CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -SJ 198
    3/12/2013 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time -SJ 201
    3/13/2013 Senate • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 198
    3/28/2013 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/02/13, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    4/2/2013 Senate • Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 278
    4/3/2013 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 278
    4/4/2013 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/09/13, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
    4/9/2013 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 14 NAYS 1 -SJ 398
    4/10/2013 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 399
    4/11/2013 Senate • Remaining references corrected to Judiciary -SJ 431
    • Now in Judiciary
    5/3/2013 Senate • Died in Judiciary

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  • CS/CS/SB 544, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/10/2013 at 10:28 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1634 (c1) Legislative Lobbying Expenditures Lee Identical Last Action: 5/3/2013 S Died in Judiciary
    Location: In committee/council (JU)     		Track This Bill
    H 593 Exemption from Legislative Lobbying Requirements Rogers Compare Last Action: 5/3/2013 H Died in Ethics and Elections Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (EES)     		Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.045 Lobbying before the Legislature; registration and reporting; exemptions; penalties.

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  • CS/SB 544, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/12/2013 at 4:42 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 4/1/2013 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 4/2/2013 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/5/2013 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/9/2013 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 593 Exemption from Legislative Lobbying Requirements Rogers Similar Last Action: 5/3/2013 H Died in Ethics and Elections Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (EES)     		Track This Bill
    S 1634 (c1) Legislative Lobbying Expenditures Lee Compare Last Action: 5/3/2013 S Died in Judiciary
    Location: In committee/council (JU)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    293924 - Amendment
    Between lines 34 and 35 insert:     		Rules
    (Lee)     		4/9/2013
    9:18 AM
    (Late Filed)     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/9/2013     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    4/2/2013 4:00 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 8 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/9/2013 9:00 AM Rules 14 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.045 Lobbying before the Legislature; registration and reporting; exemptions; penalties.

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  • SB 544, Original Filed Version Posted 1/30/2013 at 3:15 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 3/7/2013 (pdf)
    Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 3/12/2013 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 593 Exemption from Legislative Lobbying Requirements Rogers Identical Last Action: 5/3/2013 H Died in Ethics and Elections Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (EES)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    266442 - Amendment
    Delete lines 32 - 34 and insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Braynon)     		3/8/2013
    9:24 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/12/2013     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/11/2013 3:30 PM Ethics and Elections 13 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.045 Lobbying before the Legislature; registration and reporting; exemptions; penalties.

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