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HB 368                                                                                                                        
A message dated April 11, 2008, was read stating the Senate passed:                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 368(FIN) am                                                                                           
    "An Act amending the Legislative Ethics Act to modify the                                                                   
    limitation on political fund raising by legislators and legislative                                                         

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    employees during legislative sessions, to allow legislators and                                                             
    legislative employees to accept certain gifts from lobbyists, to                                                            
    clarify the Legislative Ethics Act as it relates to legislative                                                             
    volunteers and educational trainees, to reduce the frequency of                                                             
    publication of summaries by the Select Committee on Legislative                                                             
    Ethics, and to revise procedures and fines related to the late filing                                                       
    of disclosures required by the Legislative Ethics Act."                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
with the following amendment and it is transmitted for consideration:                                                           
                                                                                                                                
           SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 368(STA) am S                                                                   
    "An Act relating to allowing legislators and legislative employees                                                          
    to accept certain gifts from lobbyists, to clarifying the Legislative                                                       
    Ethics Act as it relates to legislative volunteers and educational                                                          
    trainees, to reducing the frequency of publication of summaries by                                                          
    the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics, and to revising                                                                 
    procedures and fines related to the late filing of disclosures                                                              
    required by the Legislative Ethics Act; amending prohibitions in                                                            
    the Regulation of Lobbying Act on gifts to a legislator or                                                                  
    legislative employee."                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
 (SCR 30 - title change resolution)                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 368(FIN) am is under Unfinished Business.