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SB 89                                                                                                                         
The Judiciary Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 89 "An Act                                                                   
clarifying that a legislator or legislative employee is allowed to accept                                                       
certain compassionate gifts; allowing legislators and legislative                                                               
employees to use legislative mailing lists for campaign purposes and                                                            
nonlegislative purposes; allowing legislators and legislative employees                                                         
who are representing persons in an administrative hearing to contact                                                            
hearing officers and attempt to influence the outcome of the hearing if                                                         
they are professionals licensed in the state, and allowing legislators                                                          
and legislative employees who are not professionals licensed in the                                                             
state to contact hearing officers for the purpose of influencing the                                                            
outcome of the hearing in certain instances; allowing legislators and                                                           
legislative employees, in certain circumstances, to participate in                                                              
partisan political activity while on state travel; prohibiting a public                                                         
member of the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics from disclosing                                                            
confidential information without authorization; clarifying the ethics                                                           
disclosure requirements for tickets to or gifts in connection with                                                              
charity events; amending disclosure deadlines under the Legislative                                                             
Ethics Act; relating to requests to refrain from disclosure under the                                                           
Legislative Ethics Act; and establishing a seat for an alternate public                                                         
member on the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics and clarifying                                                             
the requirements related to participation by alternate members in the                                                           
proceedings of the committee" and recommended it be replaced with                                                               
                                                                                                                                
      CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 89(JUD) "An Act clarifying                                                                         
      that a legislator or legislative employee is allowed to accept                                                            
      certain compassionate gifts; allowing legislators and                                                                     
      legislative employees who are representing persons in an                                                                  
      administrative hearing to contact hearing officers and                                                                    
      attempt to influence the outcome of the hearing if they are                                                               
      professionals licensed in the state, and allowing legislators                                                             
      and legislative employees who are not professionals                                                                       
      licensed in the state to contact hearing officers for the                                                                 
      purpose of influencing the outcome of the hearing in certain                                                              
      instances; requiring the Select Committee on Legislative                                                                  
      Ethics to maintain a public record of certain ethics                                                                      
      disclosures made by legislators and legislative employees;                                                                
      prohibiting a public member of the Select Committee on                                                                    

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      Legislative Ethics from disclosing confidential information                                                               
      without authorization; clarifying the ethics disclosure                                                                   
      requirements for tickets to or gifts in connection with                                                                   
      charity events; amending disclosure deadlines under the                                                                   
      Legislative Ethics Act; relating to requests to refrain from                                                              
      disclosure under the Legislative Ethics Act; relating to the                                                              
      applicability of certain provisions of the Legislative Ethics                                                             
      Act to certain legislative employees, volunteers, and interns;                                                            
      establishing a seat for an alternate public member on the                                                                 
      Select Committee on Legislative Ethics; clarifying the                                                                    
      requirements related to participation by alternate public                                                                 
      members and alternate legislative members in the                                                                          
      proceedings of the committee; amending the definition of                                                                  
      'legislative employee' in the Legislative Ethics Act; and                                                                 
      repealing a procedure for appointment of alternate                                                                        
      legislative members."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator French, Chair; Senators Coghill, Paskvan.                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 2, zero, Legislative Agency                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Rules Committee.