SB36 Alabama 2014 Session
Signed by Governor
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2014
Title
Ethics Law, lobbying, term legislative body defined to include members of both houses of Legislature, further restrictions of former members after term, Secs. 36-25-1, 36-25-23 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a public official may
not lobby a board, agency, department, or
legislative body of which the official was a member
for two years after he or she leaves the board,
agency, department, or legislative body</p><p class="bill_description">
Legislative body is defined for those purposes to
include the Senate and the House of
Representatives. Under this definition, a former
member of one house of the Legislature may lobby
the other house immediately after leaving office
but may not lobby the house of which he or she was
a member for two years</p><p class="bill_description">
The bill would revise the definition of
legislative body to include the Legislature of
Alabama so that a member of the Legislature would
be precluded from lobbying either the Senate or the
House of Representatives for two years after
leaving office</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also prohibit an elected
public official from lobbying the board, agency,
department, or legislative body to which he or she
is elected during the term for which he or she was
elected; would exclude former members of the
Alabama Judiciary engaged in non-lobbying legal
services; and would provide for prospective
application</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Sections 36-25-1 and 36-25-23, Code of
Alabama 1975, relating to prohibited lobbying activities of
former public officials; to provide further for the definition
of "legislative body" and to prohibit an elected public
official from lobbying the board, agency, department, or
legislative body to which he or she was elected during the
term of office for which he or she was elected; to exclude
former members of the Alabama Judiciary for non-lobbying
activities; and to provide for prospective application.
</p>
Subjects
Ethics
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 3, 2014 | H | Assigned Act No. 2014-440. |
| April 3, 2014 | H | Signature Requested |
| April 3, 2014 | H | Concurred in Second House Amendment |
| April 3, 2014 | S | Enrolled |
| April 3, 2014 | H | Burdine intended to vote Yea |
| April 3, 2014 | S | Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1265 |
| April 3, 2014 | S | Concurrence Requested |
| April 3, 2014 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1129 |
| April 3, 2014 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1128 |
| April 3, 2014 | H | Ethics and Campaign Finance first Substitute Offered |
| April 3, 2014 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| March 13, 2014 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and |
| February 6, 2014 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ethics and Campaign Finance |
| February 6, 2014 | S | Engrossed |
| February 4, 2014 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 260 |
| February 4, 2014 | S | Sanders motion to Adopt Sanders Amendment adopted Roll Call 259 |
| February 4, 2014 | S | Sanders Appeal Ruling of Chair that stated Sanders Motion was not in Order lost Roll Call 258 |
| February 4, 2014 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| February 4, 2014 | S | Sanders motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote |
| February 4, 2014 | S | Sanders Amendment Offered |
| February 4, 2014 | S | Marsh motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 250 |
| February 4, 2014 | S | Marsh Amendment Offered |
| February 4, 2014 | S | Third Reading Carried Over |
| January 28, 2014 | S | Marsh motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote |
| January 28, 2014 | S | Third Reading Carried Over |
| January 16, 2014 | S | Marsh motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote |
| January 16, 2014 | S | Third Reading Carried Over |
| January 15, 2014 | S | Reported from Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections as Favorable |
| January 14, 2014 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
2014-02-04
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB36 Alabama 2014 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | SB36 Alabama 2014 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | SB36 Alabama 2014 Session - Enrolled |