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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
February 20, 2020 - Introduced by Senator Stroebel, cosponsored by
Representative Ott. Referred to Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural
Issues.
SB858,1,2
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
12 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.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB858,1
3Section 1
. 19.45 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB858,2,3
119.45
(8m) No individual who serves as a member of the legislature, for 12
2months following the date on which the individual ceases to hold office, may be
3employed as a lobbyist, as defined in s. 13.62 (11).
