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HB 193                                                                                                                        
The State Affairs Committee considered:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 193                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to representation by a legislator or legislative                                                           
    employee of another person in an administrative hearing; relating                                                           
    to charity events under the Legislative Ethics Act; requiring                                                               
    compensation of public members of the Select Committee on                                                                   
    Legislative Ethics; exempting certain information from disclosure                                                           
    requirements of the Legislative Ethics Act; relating to the                                                                 
    selection of alternate members and the participation of members                                                             
    and alternate members in formal proceedings of the Select                                                                   
    Committee on Legislative Ethics and its subcommittees; and                                                                  
    defining 'constituent,' 'constituent service,' 'legislative purpose,'                                                       

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    'nonlegislative purpose,' and 'private benefit' for the purposes of                                                         
    the Legislative Ethics Act."                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 193(STA)                                                                                              
    "An Act relating to representation by a legislator or legislative                                                           
    employee of another person in an administrative hearing; relating                                                           
    to prohibitions on the use of state resources under the Legislative                                                         
    Ethics Act; relating to charity events under the Legislative Ethics                                                         
    Act; requiring compensation of public members of the Select                                                                 
    Committee on Legislative Ethics; exempting certain information                                                              
    from disclosure requirements of the Legislative Ethics Act;                                                                 
    relating to the selection of alternate members and the participation                                                        
    of members and alternate members in formal proceedings of the                                                               
    Select Committee on Legislative Ethics and its subcommittees;                                                               
    and defining 'constituent,' 'constituent service,' 'legislative                                                             
    purpose,' 'nonlegislative purpose,' and 'private benefit' for the                                                           
    purposes of the Legislative Ethics Act."                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Lynn, Chair, with the                                                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (4):  Johnson, Seaton, Wilson, Lynn                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Amend (1):  Gruenberg                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 193(STA):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Fiscal, Legislative Agency                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HB 193 was referred to the Judiciary Committee.