Amendments for HB25-1170
House Journal, March 4
1 HB25-1170 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to
2 the Committee on Appropriations with favorable
3 recommendation:
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5 Amend printed bill, page 2, after line 1 insert:
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7 "SECTION 1. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly
8 finds and declares that:
9 (a) Current law regarding lobbyist registration requires an
10 individual who engages with covered officials and receives compensation
11 from the organization for which they are speaking to register as a
12 professional lobbyist and report to the secretary of state's office;
13 (b) This includes timely reporting of each interaction, payment of
14 a registration fee, monthly disclosure reports on a year-round basis, and
15 the acknowledgment of engaging in lobbying activity, and these
16 requirements apply to employees of nonprofit charitable organizations
17 classified under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
18 (c) Current law has had a massive chilling effect on the
19 engagement by nonprofit charitable organizations with the general
20 assembly because nonprofit charitable organizations are uncomfortable
21 with the professional lobbyist title and the need to provide disclosures for
22 a single or handful of interactions with elected officials;
23 (d) Nonprofit advocates are not lobbyists by trade but are required
24 to engage on legislation affecting their employer;
25 (e) Nonprofit charitable organizations value transparency and the
26 desire to share what they are working on, whom they have spoken to, and
27 what their position on a matter is, but feel the current requirements are
28 burdensome; and
29 (f) Nonprofit charitable organizations provide a valuable and
30 unique lens when evaluating legislation because they comprise a large
31 part of the state and provide an important perspective for the general
32 assembly.
33 (2) Therefore, the general assembly further finds and declares that
34 there is a need to provide for a new type of lobbyist registration that
35 encourages engagement and participation by nonprofit charitable
36 organizations and provides for transparency that is critical to the
37 legislative process.".
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39 Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
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41 Page 2, after line 7 insert:
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43 "(3.8) "NONPROFIT ADVOCATE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL
44 EXCLUSIVELY EMPLOYED BY A SINGLE NONPROFIT ENTITY WHO ENGAGES
45 IN LOBBYING OF ONE OR MORE COVERED OFFICIALS ON BEHALF OF THE
46 NONPROFIT ENTITY AS AN INCIDENTAL DUTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S ROLE.
47 A NONPROFIT ADVOCATE IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL LOBBYIST.".
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49 Page 3, line 1, strike "(3.8)" and substitute "(3.9)".
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51 Page 3, line 4, strike "1986"." and substitute "1986", AND THAT HAS TEN
52 MILLION DOLLARS OR LESS IN GROSS REVENUES PER TAX YEAR.".
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54 Page 3, strike lines 5 through 9.
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1 Page 4, line 7, strike "(3.9)," and substitute "(3.8),".
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3 Page 4, line 20, strike "THIRTY DAYS" and substitute "TWELVE HOURS".
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5 Page 4, strike lines 21 and 22 and substitute "PER STATE FISCAL YEAR.
6 FOR PURPOSES".
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8 Page 4, line 24, strike "DAY," and substitute "SAME THIRTY-MINUTE
9 INCREMENT,".
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11 Page 4, line 25, strike "DAY." and substitute "THIRTY-MINUTE INCREMENT.
12 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION (3), LOBBYING OF A COVERED OFFICIAL
13 BY A NONPROFIT ADVOCATE IS MEASURED IN INCREMENTS OF THIRTY
14 MINUTES. THIRTY MINUTES OR LESS OF LOBBYING OF A COVERED OFFICIAL
15 BY A NONPROFIT ADVOCATE IS CONSIDERED TO BE THIRTY MINUTES OF
16 LOBBYING. A NONPROFIT ENTITY MAY USE MULTIPLE NONPROFIT
17 ADVOCATES DURING A STATE FISCAL YEAR, BUT THE SUM OF THEIR TOTAL
18 LOBBYING HOURS MUST NOT EXCEED TWELVE HOURS PER STATE FISCAL
19 YEAR.".
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21 Page 5, line 11, strike "LOBBYIST;" and substitute "ADVOCATE;".
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23 Page 6, line 3, strike the second "LOBBYIST" and substitute "ADVOCATE".
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25 Strike "LOBBYIST" and substitute "ADVOCATE" on: Page 4, lines 13, 16,
26 and 19; and Page 5, lines 1, 3, 6, 13, 14, 16, and 19.
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28 Strike "LOBBYIST," and substitute "ADVOCATE," on: Page 2, line 7; Page
29 3, lines 14 and 25; Page 4, line 7; and Page 6, line 4.
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31 Strike "LOBBYIST"" and substitute "ADVOCATE"" on: Page 5, line 26; and
32 Page 6, line 1.
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34 Strike "LOBBYISTS" and substitute "ADVOCATES" on: Page 4, lines 23 and
35 27; and Page 5, lines 1 and 5.
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