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HB 368                                                                                                                        
The State Affairs Committee considered:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 368                                                                                                          
    "An Act modifying the limitations on political fund raising during                                                          
    legislative sessions by candidates for governor or for lieutenant                                                           
    governor, and amending the Legislative Ethics Act to modify the                                                             
    limitation on political fund raising by legislators and legislative                                                         
    employees during legislative sessions, to allow legislators and                                                             
    legislative employees to accept certain gifts from lobbyists within                                                         
    their immediate families, 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, to revise procedures and                                                                   

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    penalties related to the late filing of disclosures required by the                                                         
    Legislative Ethics Act, and to add a definition to that Act."                                                               
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 368(STA)                                                                                              
    "An Act modifying the limitations on political fund raising during                                                          
    legislative sessions by candidates for governor or for lieutenant                                                           
    governor, and amending the Legislative Ethics Act to modify the                                                             
    limitation on political fund raising by legislators and legislative                                                         
    employees during legislative sessions, to allow legislators and                                                             
    legislative employees to accept certain gifts from lobbyists within                                                         
    their immediate families, 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                                                               
    penalties related to the late filing of disclosures required by the                                                         
    Legislative Ethics Act."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Lynn, Chair, with the                                                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (3):  Roses, Gruenberg, Lynn                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (4):  Johnson, Johansen, Coghill, Doll                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 368(STA):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Administration                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
HB 368 was referred to the Judiciary Committee.