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SB 89                                                                                                                         
Message was received stating the Governor signed the following bill                                                             
on May 24 and transmitted the engrossed and enrolled copies to the                                                              
Lieutenant Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
         HOUSE CS FOR 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,                                                               

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         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 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."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                            Chapter 45, SLA 2012                                                                               
                          Effective Date: 8/22/12