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SS/SCS/HB 1979 - Under this act, no member of the General Assembly or any statewide elected official shall solicit any registered lobbyist for any position with a hiring date beginning after such person is no longer an elected official, whether compensated or not, while such person holds office. This provision is identical to a provision contained in SB 147 (2015), HB 188 (2015), HB 327 (2015), HB 417 (2015), HB 509 (2015), HCS/HBs 1258 & 1267 (2014), HB 1340 (2014), and HB 1851 (2014). The act specifies that any person elected or appointed after January 1, 2016 to the office of State Senator, State Representative, or any statewide office who later vacates his or her office may not act, serve, or register as a lobbyist until after one full year following the vacancy. This limitation also applies to persons holding an office that requires an appointment by the Governor and confirmation by the Senate. Moreover, the limitation is only applied to lobbyists who are employed by a lobbyist principal for pay or other compensation. These provisions do not apply to lobbyists who act, serve, or register as a lobbyists for a state department or agency. This provision is substantially similar to HB 1573 (2016) and is similar to certain provisions contained in SB 807 (2016), SB 643 (2016), SS#2/SCS/SB 11 (2015), SB 123 (2015), SB 147 (2015), HB 188 (2015), HB 228 (2015), HB 327 (2015), HB 426 (2015), and HB 509 (2015), SB 488 (2014), SB 512 (2014), SB 927 (2014), SS/SB 966 (2014), HB 1340 (2014), and HB 1851 (2014). SCOTT SVAGERA SA 2 - APPLIES THE COOLING-OFF PERIOD TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND ALL STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THOSE CURRENTLY SERVING. SA 3- REMOVES THE ONE YEAR COOLING-OFF PERIOD SUCH THAT MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ONLY PROHIBITED FROM BECOMING A LOBBYIST UNTIL AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF HIS OR HER TERM. SA 4 - PROHIBITS ALL INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESS ENTITIES FROM SOLICITING A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO BECOME A LEGISLATIVE LOBBYIST WHILE SUCH MEMBER IS CURRENTLY HOLDING OFFICE. FURTHERMORE, MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARE PROHIBITED FROM SOLICITING CLIENTS TO REPRESENT AS A LEGISLATIVE LOBBYIST.
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