June 11, 2020 •
Guidance on New Kentucky Reporting Requirements and Forms
The Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission passed an emergency regulation and provided guidance on a passed bill. This bill passed amends registration requirements for executive agency lobbying. Effective July 1, Senate Bill 157 requires the initial registration statement to include […]
The Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission passed an emergency regulation and provided guidance on a passed bill.
This bill passed amends registration requirements for executive agency lobbying.
Effective July 1, Senate Bill 157 requires the initial registration statement to include compensation paid to, or received by, each executive agency lobbyist, employer, and real party in interest as part of the engagement.
The emergency regulation provides the procedures for filing lobbyist forms and includes changes to the lobbyist forms.
In addition, electronic fillable forms and instructions will be posted on the commission’s website soon.
In the regular reminder notices, the new forms and revisions will also be addressed.
Each lobbyist, employer and real party in interest receives these notices.
All initial registration and updated registration statements must now be submitted using the 2020 revised forms.
Additionally, a credit card payment app will be available starting July 1.
The commission also extended the filing period deadline for the required updated registration filing forms and registration fee payment from July 31 to August 31 due to COVID-19.
The Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission issued ordinary and emergency administrative regulations in order to meet the requirements of Senate Bill 6. The changes to the administrative regulations involve the procedures for filing lobbyist forms and statements of financial disclosure. […]
The Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission issued ordinary and emergency administrative regulations in order to meet the requirements of Senate Bill 6.
The changes to the administrative regulations involve the procedures for filing lobbyist forms and statements of financial disclosure.
The commission established initial clarifications to help with the changes.
In the first clarification scenario, if a person filed an initial registration statement prior to July 1, 2019, then they will file the 2016 versions of the update forms during the upcoming filing period.
In the second clarification scenario, if a person files an initial registration statement after July 1, 2019, then they will file the 2019 versions of the update and termination forms during the proceeding filing periods.
There will be an open comment period from June 1, to June 30, with a public hearing on June 21.
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