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Lobby Disclosure Comparisons 2003

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Section:

Definition of Lobbyist Individual Registration Individual Spending Disclosure Employer Spending Disclosure

Electronic Filing Public Access Enforcement Revolving Door Provision

Question:
Answer	States that answered this way
Definition of Lobbyist 1. In addition to legislative lobbyists, does the definiton recognize executive branch lobbyists?
Definition of lobbying does recognize legislative and executive lobbyists	Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Florida Hawaii Iowa Illinois Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia
Definition of lobbying does not recognize legislative as well as executive lobbyists	Alabama Georgia Idaho Indiana Louisiana Maine North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire Nevada Rhode Island South Dakota Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Definition of Lobbyist 2. How much does an individual have to make/spend to qualify as a lobbyist or to prompt registration as a lobbyist, according to the definition?
Individual considered lobbyist and must register no matter how much money made/spent	Alaska Alabama Arizona Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Illinois Kentucky Massachusetts Maine Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Mexico Nevada Ohio Oklahoma Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Utah Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
Individual considered lobbyist when more than $50 made/spent	Kansas New Jersey
Individual considered lobbyist when more than $100 made/spent	Arkansas Colorado Idaho Indiana Louisiana Maryland Michigan Minnesota Oregon Virginia
Individual considered lobbyist when more than $500 made/spent	California Connecticut Federal Government New York Texas Vermont
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Registration 3. Is a lobbyist required to file a registration form?
Lobbyist required to file registration form	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Registration 4. How many days can lobbying take place before registration is required?
Lobbyist required to file a registration form before any days of lobbying take place	Alaska Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Iowa Idaho Kansas North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico South Dakota Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia
Lobbyist required to file a registration form within 1 to 5 days of lobbying take place	Arkansas Arizona Hawaii Louisiana Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Nevada Oklahoma Oregon Tennessee Texas Vermont Wisconsin Wyoming
Lobbyist required to file a registration form within 6 to 10 days of lobbying take place	Alabama California Illinois Kentucky Massachusetts Montana New York Ohio Rhode Island
Lobbyist required to file a registration form within 11 to 15 days of lobbying take place	Indiana Maine South Carolina
Lobbyist required to file a registration form after 16 or more days of lobbying take place	Federal Government
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Registration 5. Is subject matter or bill number to be addressed by a lobbyist required on registration forms?
Lobbyist required to list bill number to be addressed on registration form	Federal Government Maryland New York Rhode Island South Carolina
Lobbyist not required to list bill number or subject matter to be addressed on registration form	Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Georgia Louisiana Maine Michigan Missouri North Dakota Oklahoma Utah Wisconsin Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Lobbyist required to list subject matter to be addressed on registration form	Alaska Alabama Connecticut Delaware Florida Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi Montana North Carolina Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada Ohio Oregon South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia Vermont Washington West Virginia
Individual Registration 6. How often is registration by a lobbyist required?
Lobbyist required to register once a year or more often	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Mississippi North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia Wyoming
Lobbyist required to register every other year	Arizona California Connecticut Hawaii Montana North Carolina Nevada Oklahoma Oregon Utah Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia
Lobbyist required to register one time only	Delaware Federal Government Michigan Minnesota Missouri
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Registration 7. Within how many days must a lobbyist notify the oversight agency of changes in registration?
Lobbyist required to notify oversight agency of registration changes immediately	Connecticut North Dakota Utah
Lobbyist required to notify oversight agency of registration changes with 1 to 5 days	Arkansas Arizona Colorado Louisiana Maryland Michigan Mississippi Nevada Tennessee
Lobbyist required to notify oversight agency of registration changes with 6 to 10 days	Alaska Alabama Delaware Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Massachusetts Maine Minnesota Missouri Montana North Carolina New York South Dakota Virginia Washington West Virginia
Lobbyist required to notify oversight agency of registration changes with 11 to 15 days	Florida Indiana New Jersey South Carolina
Lobbyist required to notify oversight agency of registration changes with 16 or more days	California Federal Government Illinois Kansas Kentucky Nebraska New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island Texas Wisconsin
N/A	New Hampshire Pennsylvania Vermont Wyoming
Individual Registration 8. Is a lobbyist required to submit a photograph with registration?
Lobbyist required to submit photo with registration	California Illinois Louisiana Massachusetts New Jersey Nevada Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia
Lobbyist not required to submit photo with registration	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Registration 9. Is a lobbyist required to identify by name each of employer on the registration form?
Lobbyist required to identify by name each of his/her employers on registration form	Alaska Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington West Virginia Wyoming
Lobbyist not required to identify by name each of his/her employers on registration form	Arizona Michigan Wisconsin
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Registration 10. Is a lobbyist required to clearly identify on the registration form any additional information about the type of their lobbying work (ie, compensated or non-compensated/contract or salaried)?
Lobbyist required to clearly identify additional information about type of lobbying work	Alaska Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Iowa Idaho Indiana Kansas Massachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia Washington West Virginia
Lobbyist not required to clearly identify additional information about type of lobbying work	Alabama Arkansas Colorado Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Utah Vermont Wisconsin Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Spending Disclosure 11. Is a lobbyist required to file a spending report?
Lobbyist required to file spending report	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Spending Disclosure 12. How often during each two-year cycle is a lobbyist required to report spending?
Lobbyist spending reports required 10 or more times in two years	Alaska Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Georgia Kansas Kentucky Missouri New York Rhode Island Texas Washington
Lobbyist spending reports required 7 to 9 times in two years	Alabama Arizona California Delaware Iowa Idaho Nebraska
Lobbyist spending reports required 4 to 6 times in two years	Federal Government Florida Hawaii Illinois Indiana Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana North Carolina New Hampshire New Mexico Nevada Ohio Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina Tennessee Utah Vermont Wisconsin West Virginia
Lobbyist spending reports required 0 to 3 times in two years	North Dakota New Jersey South Dakota Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Spending Disclosure 13. Is compensation/salary required to be reported by a lobbyist on spending reports?
Lobbyist required to report compensation/salary on spending report	Alaska Colorado Connecticut Federal Government Hawaii Maryland Maine Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New York Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Virginia Washington Wisconsin
Lobbyist not required to report compensation/salary on spending report	Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Delaware Florida Georgia Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri North Carolina North Dakota New Mexico Nevada Ohio Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Tennessee Utah Vermont West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Spending Disclosure 14. Are summaries (totals) of spending classified by category types (ie, gifts, entertainment, postage, etc.)?
Lobbyist required to clasify summaries/totals of expenses by category types	Alaska Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina Nebraska New Jersey New Mexico Ohio Oregon South Carolina Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin West Virginia
Lobbyist not required to clasify summaries/totals of expenses by category types	Alabama Arizona California Federal Government Georgia Iowa Louisiana Massachusetts Maine North Dakota New Hampshire Nevada New York Oklahoma Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Vermont Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Spending Disclosure 15. What spending must be itemized?
Lobbyist required to itemize all spending	California Georgia Kentucky Missouri Mississippi South Carolina South Dakota Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin
Itemization threshold: $25 and below	Arizona Connecticut Kansas Minnesota Montana Rhode Island
Itemization threshold: More than $25	Arkansas Colorado Delaware Idaho Indiana Massachusetts Maryland Michigan North Carolina North Dakota New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Texas Wyoming
Itemization threshold: More than $100	Alabama Illinois
Lobbyist not required to itemize any spending	Alaska Federal Government Florida Hawaii Iowa Louisiana Maine Nebraska New Hampshire Nevada Tennessee Vermont West Virginia
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Spending Disclosure 16. Is the lobbyist employer/principal on whose behalf the itemized expenditure was made required to be identified?
Lobbyist required to identify lobbyist employer on whose behalf itemized expenditure was made	Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Maryland Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming
Lobbyist not required to identify lobbyist employer on whose behalf itemized expenditure was made	Colorado Idaho Kansas Massachusetts Michigan New Jersey Oregon
N/A	Alaska Federal Government Florida Hawaii Iowa Louisiana Maine Nebraska New Hampshire Nevada Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont West Virginia
Individual Spending Disclosure 17. Is the recipient of the itemized expenditure required to be identified?
Lobbyist required to identify recipient of itemized expenditure	Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming
Lobbyist not required to identify recipient of itemized expenditure	South Dakota
N/A	Alaska Federal Government Florida Hawaii Iowa Louisiana Maine Nebraska New Hampshire Nevada Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont West Virginia
Individual Spending Disclosure 18. Is the date of the itemized expenditure required to be reported?
Lobbyist required to report date itemized expenditure was made	Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Georgia Idaho Illinois Kentucky Massachusetts Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming
Lobbyist not required to report date itemized expenditure was made	Indiana Kansas
N/A	Alaska Federal Government Florida Hawaii Iowa Louisiana Maine Nebraska New Hampshire Nevada Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont West Virginia
Individual Spending Disclosure 19. Is a description of the itemized expenditure required to be reported?
Lobbyist required to report description of itemized expenditure	Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Georgia Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Dakota New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wyoming
Lobbyist not required to report description of itemized expenditure	Delaware Idaho North Carolina Wisconsin
N/A	Alaska Federal Government Florida Hawaii Iowa Louisiana Maine Nebraska New Hampshire Nevada Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont West Virginia
Individual Spending Disclosure 20. Is subject matter or bill number to be addressed by a lobbyist required on spending reports?
Lobbyist required to list bill number to be addressed on spending report	Colorado Federal Government Georgia Iowa Idaho Massachusetts Maryland Maine Missouri Montana Nebraska New Jersey New York Ohio South Carolina Utah Wisconsin
Lobbyist not required to list bill number or subject matter to be addressed on spending report	Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Florida Kansas Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Mississippi North Carolina North Dakota New Hampshire New Mexico Nevada Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Tennessee Vermont Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Lobbyist required to list bill number to be addressed on spending report	Alabama Hawaii Illinois Indiana Kentucky Rhode Island Texas Virginia Washington West Virginia
Individual Spending Disclosure 21. Is spending on household members of public officials by a lobbyist required to be reported?
Lobbyist required to report spending on household members of public officials	Alaska Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Georgia Iowa Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maryland Maine Michigan Missouri Nebraska New Jersey Nevada Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia
Lobbyist not required to report spending on household members of public officials	Arizona Delaware Federal Government Florida Hawaii Idaho Louisiana Minnesota Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota New Hampshire New Mexico New York Rhode Island South Dakota Vermont Wisconsin Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Lobbyist prohibited from spending on household members of public officials	Massachusetts South Carolina Tennessee
Individual Spending Disclosure 22. Is a lobbyist required to disclose direct business associations with public officials, candidates or members of their households?
Lobbyist required to report direct business associations with public officials, candidates or members of their households	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky Maryland Michigan Missouri Mississippi Nebraska New Jersey Nevada Ohio South Carolina Tennessee Utah Wisconsin
Lobbyist not required to report direct business associations with public officials, candidates or members of their households	Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Kansas Massachusetts Maine Minnesota Montana North Carolina North Dakota New Hampshire New Mexico New York Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Dakota Texas Virginia Vermont Washington West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Lobbyist can give limited gifts and must report gifts	Louisiana
Individual Spending Disclosure 23. What is the statutory provision for a lobbyist giving/reporting gifts?
Lobbyist prohibited from giving gifts	Kentucky Massachusetts Minnesota South Carolina Tennessee Wisconsin
Lobbyist can give limited gifts and must report gifts	Alaska Arizona California Connecticut Florida Iowa Illinois Kansas Maryland Michigan Nebraska Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Texas Utah Washington West Virginia
Lobbyist required to report gifts	Alabama Arkansas Colorado Delaware Georgia Hawaii Idaho Indiana Louisiana Maine Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Rhode Island South Dakota Virginia Vermont Wyoming
Lobbyist not required to report gifts	Federal Government
N/A	Pennsylvania
Individual Spending Disclosure 24. What is the statutory provision for a lobbyist giving/reporting campaign contributions?
Lobbyist campaign contributions prohibited	Kentucky South Carolina
Lobbyist ampaign contributions allowed and required to be disclosed on spending report/allowed during session	California Massachusetts West Virginia
Lobbyist ampaign contributions allowed and not required to be disclosed on spending report/allowed during session	Arkansas Delaware Federal Government Hawaii Idaho Illinois Louisiana Maine Michigan Missouri Mississippi Montana North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Oklahoma Rhode Island South Dakota Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
Lobbyist campaign contributions allowed and required to be disclosed on spending report/prohibited during session	Iowa Maryland North Carolina New Mexico