| Last Action | 04/12/24: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 184) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to legislative ethics. |
| Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 184
Current/Final Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 1936 |
| Sponsor | D. Meade |
| Summary of Enacted Version | Amends KRS 6.611 to exclude from the definition of “lobbying” the action of any person whose official responsibilities do not include lobbying, who is not compensated to lobby, and who is an officer, managerial personnel, or employee with specialized knowledge assisting an entity with a direct interest in legislation on a particular issue; amends KRS 6.681 to require that the Legislative Ethics Commission provide a draft of its response to an advisory opinion or notice of its intention not to issue an opinion to a requestor five days prior to the meeting to consider the opinion; amends KRS 6.686 to allow the commission to dismiss an ethics complaint for failure to state a claim of an ethics violation, to require the commission to determine whether there is a reason to believe a person has committed or is about to commit an ethics code violation, to provide that, if the commission finds by a vote of at least five members that there is reason to believe a violation has been or is about to be committed, it shall initiate a preliminary inquiry into the alleged violations, and to provide that if fewer than five members find reason to believe a violation has been or is about to be committed, then it shall dismiss the complaint; and amends KRS 6.744 to allow a legislator to represent a client on adversarial matters related to previously issued licenses or permits, ministerial functions related to licensing and permitting, or matters related to driver licensing. |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 6.681 to require the Legislative Ethics Commission provide a draft of its proposed response to an advisory opinion request at least 10 days before it is scheduled to consider the advisory opinion; amend KRS 6.686 to require the commission to determine whether there is reason to believe a person has committed or about to commit an ethics code violation; provide that if the commission finds by a vote of at least five members that there is reason to believe a violation has been or is about to be committed, it shall initiate a preliminary inquiry into the alleged violations; provide that if less than five members find there is reason to believe a violation has been or is about to be committed, then it shall dismiss the complaint; provide that a reason to believe finding is not a finding that a person has violated the code, but that the finding merits further inquiry and investigation. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
General Assembly - Legislative Ethics Commission, advisory opinions, procedure General Assembly - Legislative ethics, alleged violations, complaint and initial determination procedure Public Ethics - Legislative Ethics Commission, advisory opinions, procedure Public Ethics - Legislative ethics, alleged violations, complaint and initial determination procedure Public Officers and Employees - Legislative ethics, alleged violations, complaint and initial determination procedure State Agencies - Legislative Ethics Commission, advisory opinions, procedure State Agencies - Legislative ethics, alleged violations, complaint and initial determination procedure Ethics - Legislative Ethics Commission, advisory opinions, procedure Ethics - Legislative ethics, alleged violations, complaint and initial determination procedure Boards and Commissions - Legislative Ethics Commission, advisory opinions, procedure Boards and Commissions - Legislative ethics, alleged violations, complaint and initial determination procedure |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments | House Committee Substitute 1 |
| Votes | Vote History |
| Governor's Veto Message | Veto |
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| 04/12/24 |
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions, except require the commission to provide a draft of its response of an advisory opinion or notice of its intention not to issue an opinion to a requestor five days prior to the meeting to consider the opinion; allow the commission to dismiss an ethics complaint for failure to state a claim of an ethics violation; exclude from the definition of lobbying the action of any person whose official responsibilities do not include lobbying, who is not compensated to lobby, and who is an officer, managerial personnel, or employee with specialized knowledge assisting an entity or group that has a direct interest in legislation on a particular issue; allow a legislator to represent a client on adversarial matters related to previously-issued licenses or permits, ministerial functions related to licensing and permitting, or matters related to driver licensing. |
| Index Headings |
General Assembly - Legislative Ethics Commission, advisory opinions, procedure General Assembly - Legislative ethics, alleged violations, complaint and initial determination procedure Public Ethics - Legislative Ethics Commission, advisory opinions, procedure Public Ethics - Legislative ethics, alleged violations, complaint and initial determination procedure Public Ethics - Legislative ethics, representation of clients, licenses and permits, permission Public Officers and Employees - Legislative ethics, alleged violations, complaint and initial determination procedure Public Officers and Employees - Legislative ethics, representation of clients, licenses and permits, permission State Agencies - Legislative Ethics Commission, advisory opinions, procedure State Agencies - Legislative ethics, alleged violations, complaint and initial determination procedure Ethics - Legislative Ethics Commission, advisory opinions, procedure Ethics - Legislative ethics, alleged violations, complaint and initial determination procedure Ethics - Legislative ethics, representation of clients, licenses and permits, permission Boards and Commissions - Legislative Ethics Commission, advisory opinions, procedure Boards and Commissions - Legislative ethics, alleged violations, complaint and initial determination procedure |
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