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SB 552: Ethics

GENERAL BILL by Dockery ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Smith ; Bennett ; Jones ; Rich ; Joyner ; Lynn ; Detert ; Storms ; Sobel ; Bullard ; Evers ; Latvala

Ethics; Defining the term “special private gain or loss”; prohibiting a member of the Legislature from voting upon or participating in any legislation inuring to the personal gain or loss of the member or his or her relative; prohibiting a member of the Legislature from participating in any legislation inuring to the personal gain or loss of a business associate, employer, board on which the member sits, principal by whom the member is retained, or parent corporation or subsidiary of such principal; requiring that members of the Legislature vote on the General Appropriations Act and disclose conflicts of interest with any line-item appropriation, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections (EE)
  4. Rules (RC)
  5. Budget (BC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/13/2011 Senate • Filed
11/2/2011 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections; Rules; Budget -SJ 48
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 48
1/23/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/26/12, 3:45 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
1/26/2012 Senate • Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 279
1/27/2012 Senate • Now in Judiciary -SJ 279
3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Judiciary