SB95 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Cam Ward

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Clay ScofieldPhillip W. WilliamsBill HoltzclawDick BrewbakerShadrack McGillScott BeasonTrip PittmanBen H. BrooksDel MarshGerald H. AllenBryan Taylor

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Ethics, lobbyists required to report any item excluded from definition of thing of value whatever the actual cost, Sec. 36-25-19 am'd.

Summary

SB95 would broaden and tighten ethics and lobbying reporting by removing dollar and time limits, and by requiring more detailed disclosures of lobbyist expenditures—including those to public officials and their families.

What This Bill Does

It eliminates the 24-hour period and the $250 threshold for reporting items excluded from the definition of a thing of value, so those items must be reported at actual cost. It requires lobbyists to provide additional information for each expenditure and to include expenditures to public employees and their family members in their reports. It also removes the calendar-day limitation and $250 minimum for reports of expenditures by non-lobbyists, requiring reporting of those expenditures without the previous threshold.

Who It Affects

• Registered lobbyists and the principals employing them: must file expanded quarterly reports with more detail, including actual costs and expenditures to public employees and their households.
• Public officials, public employees, and members of their households: recipients of disclosed expenditures from lobbyists, with new reporting requirements including expenditures to them or their family members.
• Family members of public officials and public employees: included in reporting when lobbyists spend money on them.
• Non-lobbyists who spend money in dealings with public officials or employees: must report expenditures in quarterly reports without the previous $250 or calendar-day threshold.
• Alabama Ethics Commission: continues to collect and process these expanded reports.

Key Provisions

• Delete the 24-hour time limit and the $250 expenditure threshold for items excluded from the definition of a 'thing of value' and require reporting of those items at actual cost.
• Require additional information for each lobbyist expenditure (beyond current details).
• Include expenditures by lobbyists to public employees and their family members in reporting requirements.
• Delete the calendar-day limitation and $250 minimum for reports of expenditures made by non-lobbyists.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 25, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Ethics Commission