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House Bill 517

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Last Action	04/12/24: delivered to Secretary of State
Title	AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.
Bill Documents	Current/Final Introduced
Bill Request Number	1936
Sponsor	D. Meade
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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02/13/24	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/01/24	to State Government (H)
03/07/24	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
03/08/24	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2024
03/11/24	3rd reading, passed 75-17 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/12/24	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/14/24	to State & Local Government (S)
03/21/24	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
03/22/24	2nd reading, to Rules
03/25/24	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
03/26/24	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/27/24	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/28/24	passed 28-8 received in House enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
04/04/24	Vetoed
04/12/24	received in House to Rules (H) taken from Rules posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto veto overridden passed 77-20 received in Senate to Rules (S) posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto veto overridden passed 24-8 received in House enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Secretary of State

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
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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