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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
February 19, 2013 - Introduced by Senators Lehman, Lassa, Risser and Harris,
cosponsored by Representatives Wachs, Milroy, Hebl, Jorgensen, Ohnstad,
Pope, Berceau and Brooks. Referred to Committee on Government
Operations, Public Works, and Telecommunications.
SB33,1,2 1An Act to create 19.45 (8m) of the statutes; relating to: employment by a former
2member of the legislature as a lobbyist.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits any individual who serves as a member of the legislature, for
24 months following the date on which the individual ceases to hold office, from being
employed as a lobbyist. "Lobbyist" is defined as an individual who is compensated
by a principal and whose duties include attempting to influence state legislative
action or state administrative rule-making action on behalf of the principal; if an
individual's duties on behalf of a principal are not limited exclusively to lobbying, the
individual is a lobbyist only if he or she makes lobbying communications on each of
at least five days during a six-month reporting period.
Violators of the prohibition are subject to a forfeiture (civil penalty) of not more
than $5,000 for each violation. Intentional violators are guilty of a misdemeanor and
are subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 or imprisonment for
not more than one year or both for each violation.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB33,1
1Section 1. 19.45 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB33,2,42 19.45 (8m) No individual who serves as a member of the legislature, for 24
3months following the date on which the individual ceases to hold office, may be
4employed as a lobbyist, as defined in s. 13.62 (11).
SB33,2,55 (End)
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