2006 House Bill 6012

Establish legislator ethics regulations

Introduced in the House

April 27, 2006

Introduced by Rep. Chris Ward (R-66)

To establish ethics regulations on legislators. They would be prohibited from accepting anything of value for performance of their responsibilities (except their pay), from using tax dollars to send mass mailings in the 50 days before a primary or general election, from accepting campaign contributions inside state offices, from requiring or requesting staffers from doing political work on state time, from disclosing confidential information for private gain, from lobbying for one year after leaving office, from hiring a family member as a staffer, from violating various conflict of interest requirements, and more.

Referred to the Committee on Oversight, Elections, and Ethics