PRINTER'S NO. 1137
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
802
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, CORMAN, BAKER, MENSCH, TOMLINSON,
AUMENT, COSTA, DiSANTO, FONTANA, LAUGHLIN, MARTIN, MASTRIANO,
SCHWANK, STEFANO AND L. WILLIAMS, OCTOBER 13, 2021
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 13, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in lobbying disclosure, further
providing for definitions and for prohibited activities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 13A03 of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
§ 13A03. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Political consultant." Any entity or person providing
political consulting services.
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Section 2. Section 13A07 of Title 65 is amended by adding
subsections to read:
§ 13A07. Prohibited activities.
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(g) Employee of General Assembly or Commonwealth agency.--A
lobbyist, lobbying firm or principal may not lobby an individual
who is an employee of the General Assembly or an employee of a
Commonwealth agency and who was an employee of the same
lobbyist, lobbying firm or principal regarding a specific
legislative action or administrative action that was pertinent
to the individual's employment duties with the lobbyist,
lobbying firm or principal, for one year after the date the
individual left employment with the lobbyist, lobbying firm or
principal. For the purposes of this subsection, "employee of the
General Assembly" shall mean employment with any of the
following:
(1) The office of a member of the General Assembly.
(2) A caucus of the General Assembly.
(h) Influence.--A Commonwealth entity or agency, including,
but not limited to, the General Assembly or a member of the
General Assembly, an executive department or agency or a local
department or agency of a political subdivision, may not hire a
lobbyist, lobbying firm or political consultant to influence the
decision-making process of another Commonwealth entity or
agency. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
prohibit any member, officer or employee of a Commonwealth
entity or agency from being a member of an association. As used
in this subsection, the term "political subdivision" means a ny
county, city, borough, incorporated town, township, school
district, vocational school or county institution district.
(i) Lobbying agreements.--
(1) A Commonwealth entity or agency, including, but not
limited to, the General Assembly or a member of the General
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Assembly, the judiciary or an executive department or agency,
may not do any of the following:
(i) Enter into an agreement or a contract with a
person to engage in the practice of lobbying.
(ii) Expend money for a person to lobby on behalf of
the agency unless the person is an employee of the
agency.
(iii) Expend money for a registered lobbyist to
serve on a board or commission of the Commonwealth entity
or agency.
(2) This subsection shall not apply to a person who is
an employee of the Commonwealth and directly employed by an
agency for whom the person acts as a lobbyist or engages in
the practice of lobbying as a part of the person's job
description.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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