Delaware House Bill 385 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on May 17 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-05-17 - Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Section 1 of this bill requires lobbyists to disclose if they receive any compensation for their services. Additionally, Section 1 further requires that lobbyists who are compensated to pay a registration fee, which shall be determined by the Public Integrity Commission to defray the Commission’s costs related to administering and maintaining lobbyist’s registration and reporting requirements. Section 2 of this bill provides for the cancellation of a lobbyist’s registration for failure to pay the registration fee and sets forth the penalty for failure to pay the registration fee. Section 3 of this bill stipulates that this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2017.

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Lobbyists.

Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]
Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-17	House	Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/9766241b65cb66f085257f8b005d8d8a?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+385/$file/legis.html?open