Currently, public officials are prohibited, during the term or remaining term of office for which the official was elected, from lobbying before a legislative body or branch of state or local government, including executive and judicial branches, and boards or agencies.
This bill would amend those provisions to provide that only former public officials at the state level of government who vacate their office prior to the completion of the term would be prohibited from lobbying state government for the remainder of the term to which they were elected.
This bill would further provide that the definition of a widely attended event would be changed so that the number of individuals reasonably expected to attend be 8 or more.
This bill would further provide for the establishment and regulation of legal defense funds for the purpose of defending a public employee or public official in a pending criminal, civil, or administrative action or investigation related to conduct reasonably related to the performance of that person’s governmental duties.
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 21
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ethics and Campaign Finance
Source: Alabama Legislature