PRINTER'S NO. 1139
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
804
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, CORMAN, BAKER, MENSCH, PHILLIPS-HILL,
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, providing for
ethics training and further providing for administration.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 65 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 13A05.1. Ethics training.
Each lobbyist shall annually complete at least one hour of
ethics training developed and managed by the department , in
consultation with the commission, under section 13A08(l)
(relating to administration). A lobbyist may participate in the
ethics training required under this section in person or
remotely via video conferencing or other similar technology. The
commission shall compile and maintain a record of each lobbyist
who completes the ethics training required under this section. A
lobbyist subject to this section shall be subject to the same
penalties imposed under section 13A09(c) (relating to
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penalties).
Section 2. Section 13A08 of Title 65 is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 13A08. Administration.
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(l) Ethics training.--The department , in consultation with
the commission, shall develop and manage a program for ethics
training required for lobbyists under section 13A05.1 (relating
to ethics training).
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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