House passes ethics legislation

Thursday, January 21, 2016

The Missouri House took on the task of passing four pieces of ethics legislation. The Government Oversight and Accountability Committee on Monday passed House Bills 1452, 1575, 1979 and 1983. The bills then made their way through the House with bipartisan support. These bills ranged in purpose from increasing the number of times a legislator must submit a personal financial disclosure per year to banning elected officials from working as paid political consultants. One of the key pieces of legislation (House Bill 1979) bars elected officials from becoming a lobbyist until one year after the end of their term.

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