CS/CS/SB 544 (2013) -  Legislative Lobbying Expenditures

General Bill by Rules and Ethics and Elections and Braynon
Legislative Lobbying Expenditures: Amending and reenacting provisions relating to lobbying before the Legislature; revising the term “expenditure” to exclude the use of a public facility or public property that is made available by a governmental entity to a legislator for a public purpose, to exempt such use from legislative lobbying requirements; providing exceptions when a member or an employee of the Legislature may accept certain expenditures made by a lobbyist or a principal; providing for the future expiration and the reversion as of a specified date of statutory text, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2013
Last Event: 05/03/13 S Died in Judiciary on Friday, May 3, 2013 7:16 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Ethics and Elections
    • On agenda for: 03/11/13 3:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 13   Nays 0
  • Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    • On agenda for: 04/02/13 4:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Rules
    • On agenda for: 04/09/13 9:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 14   Nays 1
  • Judiciary

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/SB 1634 Subject: Legislative Lobbying Expenditures Relationship: Identical
Bill #: HB 593 Subject: Exemption from Legislative Lobbying Requirements Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 4/9/2013 5:06:35 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 4/5/2013 3:23:09 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability 4/2/2013 6:56:36 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability 4/1/2013 4:07:37 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 3/12/2013 3:59:05 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 3/7/2013 5:42:51 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Judiciary Time: 05/03/2013 - 7:16 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Now in Judiciary Time: 04/11/2013 - 1:13 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Judiciary -SJ 431 Time: 04/11/2013 - 1:13 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 399 Time: 04/10/2013 - 9:00 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/10/2013 - 8:56 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 14 NAYS 1 -SJ 398 Time: 04/09/2013 - 1:31 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/09/13, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 04/04/2013 - 4:26 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Rules -SJ 278 Time: 04/03/2013 - 8:31 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 278 Time: 04/02/2013 - 5:32 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/02/13, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 03/28/2013 - 4:30 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 198 Time: 03/13/2013 - 4:23 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time -SJ 201 Time: 03/12/2013 - 5:56 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/12/2013 - 4:42 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -SJ 198 Time: 03/11/2013 - 6:56 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/11/13, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 03/06/2013 - 3:54 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 41 Time: 03/05/2013 - 8:18 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules -SJ 41 Time: 02/06/2013 - 1:12 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/30/2013 - 3:16 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
11.045 HB 593, CS/SB 1634, HB 7123