A02666
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1608
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY STAMBAUGH, KERWIN, CUTLER, B. MILLER, PENNYCUICK,
HAMM, KEEFER, LEWIS, C. WILLIAMS, DIAMOND, DOWLING, SMITH,
GROVE, FEE, RYAN, SCHMITT, ROZZI, HELM, MIZGORSKI, HERSHEY,
OWLETT, MENTZER, BERNSTINE, THOMAS, ROWE AND GLEIM,
JUNE 10, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 10, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in lobbying disclosure, further
providing for prohibited activities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 13A07 of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 13A07. Prohibited activities.
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(g) Employee of the General Assembly or executive department
or agency .-- A lobbyist, lobbying firm or principal may not lobby
an individual who is an employee of the General Assembly and who
was an employee of a lobbying firm for one year after the date
the individual left employment with the lobbying firm. A
lobbying firm or principal may not lobby an individual who is an
employee of the General Assembly or an executive department or
agency, and who was an employee of that lobbying firm or
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principal, for a period of one year after the date the
individual left employment with the lobbying firm or principal.
This prohibition shall extend to lobbying by any lobbyist
employed by the same 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) Any of the caucuses of the General Assembly.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 180 days.
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