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SB 89                                                                                                                         
The State Affairs 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(STA) "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                                                             

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          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."                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Signing no recommendation: Senator Wielechowski, Chair; Senators                                                                
Kookesh, Paskvan, Giessel. Signing do pass: Senator Meyer.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Legislative Agency                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee.