General Assembly Committee Bill No. 483
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 5646
*05646SB00483GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 483
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 5646
*05646SB00483GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT EXPANDING THE "REVOLVING DOOR" RESTRICTIONS TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES FROM LOBBYING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 2-16a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
(a) No state representative or state senator who is elected at the 1994 state election or any election thereafter shall engage in the profession of lobbyist, as that term is defined in subdivision (12) of section 1-91, until one year after the expiration of the term for which such state representative or state senator was elected.
(b) No former legislative branch employee who holds or formerly held a position in the legislative branch which involves significant decision-making or supervisory responsibility and is designated as such by the Office of State Ethics, shall, for one year after leaving employment in said branch, engage in the profession of lobbyist, as such term is defined in subdivision (12) of section 1-91.
Sec. 2. Section 1-84b of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (l) as follows (Effective October 1, 2017):
(NEW) (l) No former executive branch employee who holds or formerly held a position in the executive branch which involves significant decision-making or supervisory responsibility and is designated as such by the Office of State Ethics, shall accept employment or act as a registrant pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, for one year after leaving state service.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 2-16a
Sec. 2 October 1, 2017 1-84b
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
2-16a
Sec. 2
October 1, 2017
1-84b
Statement of Purpose:
To expand the current "revolving door" provision to prohibit senior level legislative and executive branch employees from lobbying for one year after leaving employment.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. MINER, 30th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. MINER, 30th Dist.
S.B. 483