KY SB67 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-04 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]
Status: Introduced on January 3 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-04 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]
Summary
Amend KRS 6.611 of the Code of Legislative Ethics to include food and beverages consumed on the premises in the definition of "anything of value"; amend KRS 6.686 to permit the Legislative Ethics Commission to dismiss a complaint without prejudice if a complainant or person acting in cooperation with the complainant publicly discloses or comments upon the existence of a complaint or preliminary inquiry; amend KRS 6.767 to prohibit a legislator, a candidate for the General Assembly, or his or her campaign committee from accepting, during a regular session of the General Assembly, a campaign contribution from an employer of a legislative agent, or from a permanent committee as defined in KRS 121.015; change the grace period to return a prohibited contribution from fourteen to thirty days; amend KRS 6.811 to prohibit a legislative agent or employer from offering or giving anything of value to a candidate for the General Assembly or to a legislator's or a candidate's spouse or child; prohibit a legislative agent from directly soliciting campaign contributions for a legislator or candidate; prohibit an employer of a legislative agent from making a campaign contribution to a legislator, candidate, or campaign committee for a legislator or candidate during a regular session of the General Assembly; delete the provision allowing each legislative agent and his employer to spend up to $100 annually on food and beverages for each legislator and his or her immediate family; amend KRS 6.821 to conform.
Title
AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.
Sponsors
Sen. Kathy Stein [D] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2012-01-04 | to State & Local Government (S) | |
2012-01-03 | introduced in Senate |
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB67.htm |
Text | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB67/bill.doc |