FOUR BILLS VOTED "DO PASS" BY HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
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FOUR BILLS VOTED "DO PASS" BY HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

Date: January 11, 2016
By: Madeline Odle
State Capitol Bureau

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The House Oversight Committee passed the first group of ethics legislation to be heard by the House later this week .
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Wrap: The committee chair -- Representative Jay Barnes -- chose four ethics bills to be heard by the committee, the most controversial creating a cooling-off period for legislators wanting to become lobbyists.

Committee member -- Representative Gina Mitten -- said that the bill is lacking a distinction between legislators who see their terms through and those who leave only a few months in.

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Description: Dont you think that they should at a minimum not be able to lobby until, that their clock should not start until, at a minimum their term, that they would have completed had they not resigned and left their constituents without any representation.
Bill sponsor Representative Caleb Rowden said he has recieved pushback from legislators saying the bill would restrict their future employment options.

 

 

 

 

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A Democratic Representative voiced her concerns about a bill fast-tracked by legislative leaders to create a cooling-off period for legislators to become lobbyists.
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Wrap: The House Government Oversight and Accountability Committee approved a bill that would require that legislators wait 6 months -- or one legislative session -- after their last term served in office before registering as a lobbyist.   

Democratic Representative Gina Mitten took issue with the shortness of the "cooling off" period suggested in the bill.

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Description: I dont think it goes, yeah actually I'm not, I dont think it goes far enough for a number of reasons. First of all, you're talking about it being a year and its not really a year and second of all, which is my second question. So yeah I would be fine if it was a calendar year. I think that again you're using the term a year and that's not what your bill says.

The Committee Chair -- Representative Jay Barnes -- said he was in support of a longer cooling-off period.