WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE2025 REGULAR SESSIONIntroducedSenate Bill 736
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 736
By Senator Rucker[Introduced March 11, 2025; referred to the Committee on Government Organization] A BILL to amend and reenact §6B-3-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the publication of registered lobbyist information.Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ARTICLE 3. LOBBYISTS. §6B-3-3. Photograph and information-booklet- publication. Each lobbyist shall, at the time he or she registers, submit to the commission a recent photograph of the lobbyist of a size and format as determined by rule of the commission, together with the name of the lobbyist's employer, a brief biographical description, and any other information the lobbyist may wish to submit, not to exceed fifty words in length. The photograph and information shall be published at least annually in a booklet form by the commission for distribution to government officers or employees, lobbyists, and to made available to the public on the commission’s website in a printable format. The method of distribution is in the discretion of the commission, which is not required to compile and maintain a distribution list of all persons who may be entitled to receive the booklet. NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the requirement that the Ethic Commission publishes paper booklets. Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
By Senator Rucker
[Introduced March 11, 2025; referred
to the Committee on Government Organization]
to the Committee on Government Organization]
A BILL to amend and reenact §6B-3-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the publication of registered lobbyist information.Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
A BILL to amend and reenact §6B-3-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the publication of registered lobbyist information.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
## ARTICLE 3. LOBBYISTS.
Each lobbyist shall, at the time he or she registers, submit to the commission a recent photograph of the lobbyist of a size and format as determined by rule of the commission, together with the name of the lobbyist's employer, a brief biographical description, and any other information the lobbyist may wish to submit, not to exceed fifty words in length. The photograph and information shall be published at least annually in a booklet form by the commission for distribution to government officers or employees, lobbyists, and to made available to the public on the commission’s website in a printable format. The method of distribution is in the discretion of the commission, which is not required to compile and maintain a distribution list of all persons who may be entitled to receive the booklet.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the requirement that the Ethic Commission publishes paper booklets.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.