SB 379 AN ACT relating to lobbying

About SB-379

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require any lobbyist or lobbyist employer who engages in lobbying activity with a local government to file a registration statement with the Department for Local Government; define terms; require the Department for Local Government to maintain the registration statements and publish the list of registered lobbyists on its website on an annual basis; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require any lobbyist or lobbyist employer who engages in lobbying activity with a school district, public school, or public charter school to file a registration statement with the Department of Education; define terms; require the Department of Education to maintain the registration statements and publish the list of registered lobbyists on its website on an annual basis; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require each local school board to adopt a code of ethics and establish minimum requirements in the code; amend KRS 65.005 to require each local government to include restrictions and limitations on lobbyists in its code of ethics.