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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 Tennessee Washington
Lobbyist campaign contributions allowed and not required to be disclosed on spending report/prohibited during session	Alaska Alabama Arizona Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Indiana Kansas Minnesota Nevada Oregon Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Wisconsin
*Individual Spending Disclosure* 25. Is a lobbyist who has done no spending during a filing period required to make a report of no activity?
Lobbyist required to report no activity	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
Lobbyist not required to report no activity	Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Employer Spending Disclosure* 26. Is an employer/principal of a lobbyist required to file a spending report?
Lobbyist employer required to file spending report	Alaska Alabama Arizona California Connecticut Florida Hawaii Iowa Illinois Indiana Kentucky Massachusetts Maine Michigan Minnesota Mississippi North Carolina Nebraska New Mexico New York Ohio Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Utah Vermont Washington Wisconsin
Lobbyist employer not required to file spending report	Arkansas Colorado Delaware Federal Government Georgia Idaho Kansas Louisiana Maryland Missouri Montana North Dakota New Hampshire New Jersey Nevada Oklahoma Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Employer Spending Disclosure* 27. Is compensation/salary required to be reported on employer/principal spending reports?
Lobbyist employer required to report compensation/salary on spending report	Alaska California Connecticut Hawaii Iowa Indiana Kentucky Massachusetts Maine Michigan Minnesota Mississippi North Carolina Nebraska New York Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont Washington Wisconsin
Lobbyist employer not required to report compensation/salary on spending report	Alabama Arizona Federal Government Florida Illinois New Mexico Ohio South Dakota Utah Wyoming
N/A	Arkansas Colorado Delaware Georgia Idaho Kansas Louisiana Maryland Missouri Montana North Dakota New Hampshire New Jersey Nevada Oklahoma Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia
*Electronic Filing* 28. Does the oversight agency provide lobbyists/employers with electronic/online registration?
Oversight agency provides lobbyists/employers with electronic/online registration	Colorado Connecticut Delaware Indiana Louisiana Nevada New York Utah Virginia Washington
Oversight agency does not provide lobbyists/employers with electronic/online registration	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Vermont Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Electronic Filing* 29. Does the oversight agency provide lobbyists/employers with electronic/online spending reporting?
Oversight agency provides lobbyists/employers with electronic/online spending report filing	Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Indiana Louisiana Maine Missouri Nevada New York Utah Virginia Washington
Oversight agency does not provide lobbyists/employers with electronic/online spending report filing	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Vermont Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Electronic Filing* 30. Does the oversight agency provide training about how to file registrations/spending reports electronically?
Oversight agency provides training about how to electronically file individual lobbyist/lobbyist employer registration/spending reports	Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Indiana Louisiana Maine Missouri Nevada New York Virginia Washington
Oversight agency does not provide training about how to electronically file individual lobbyist/lobbyist employer registration/spending reports	Illinois Utah
N/A	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Vermont Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
*Public Access* 31. Location/format of registration or active lobbyist directory:
Downloadable files/database of registration/lobbyist directory	Georgia Maryland Michigan North Carolina New Jersey Ohio Rhode Island Texas Vermont
Searchable database on the Web of registration/lobbyist directory	Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Federal Government Iowa Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maine Missouri Mississippi North Dakota Nebraska New York Oklahoma South Dakota Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin
PDF or image files on the Web of registration/lobbyist directory	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Delaware Florida Hawaii Idaho Illinois Kansas Minnesota New Hampshire New Mexico Oregon South Carolina Tennessee West Virginia Wyoming
Photocopies from office only of registration/lobbyist directory	Montana Nevada
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Public Access* 32. Location/format of spending reports:
Downloadable files/database of spending reports	Georgia Michigan New Jersey Texas Vermont
Searchable database on the Web of spending reports	Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maine Missouri Mississippi Nebraska New York Oklahoma Virginia Washington Wisconsin
PDF or image files on the Web of spending reports	Arkansas Federal Government Idaho Louisiana Minnesota New Mexico Ohio Utah
Photocopies from office only of spending reports	Alaska Alabama Delaware Florida Hawaii Iowa Illinois Massachusetts Maryland Montana North Carolina North Dakota New Hampshire Nevada Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Public Access* 33. Cost of copies:
Less than 25 cents per page	Arkansas Arizona California Connecticut Federal Government Florida Georgia Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota Mississippi Montana North Carolina Nebraska New Jersey Nevada Ohio Rhode Island Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
25 cents or more per page	Alaska Alabama Colorado Delaware Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Michigan Missouri North Dakota New Hampshire New Mexico New York Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina South Dakota Virginia
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Public Access* 34. Are sample registration forms/spending reports available the Web?
Oversight agency provides sample registration/spending report forms on Web	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska 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
Oversight agency does not provide sample registration/spending report forms on Web	Colorado Connecticut Delaware Missouri New Hampshire
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Public Access* 35. Does the state agency provide an overall lobbying spending total by year?
Oversight agency provides overall total of lobby spending by year	Alaska Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Montana New Jersey Nevada New York Ohio Oregon South Carolina Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
Oversight agency does not provide overall total of lobby spending by year	Alabama Arkansas Federal Government Iowa Illinois Missouri Mississippi North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Mexico Oklahoma Rhode Island South Dakota
N/A	Pennsylvania Tennessee
*Public Access* 36. Does the state agency provide an overall lobbying spending total by spending report deadlines?
Oversight agency provides overall total of lobby spending by spending report deadline	California Delaware Georgia Hawaii Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine New Jersey New York Oregon South Carolina Texas Vermont Washington Wisconsin
Oversight agency does not provide overall total of lobby spending by spending report deadline	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona Colorado Connecticut Federal Government Florida Iowa Idaho Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Mexico Nevada Ohio Oklahoma Rhode Island South Dakota Utah Virginia West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania Tennessee
*Public Access* 37. Does the state agency provide an overall lobbying spending total by industries lobbyists represent?
Oversight agency provides overall total of lobby spending by industries lobbyists represent	California Massachusetts New York Washington
Oversight agency does not provide overall total of lobby spending by industries lobbyists represent	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania Tennessee
*Public Access* 38. How often are lobby lists updated?
Oversight agency updates individual lobbyist/lobbyist employer directory daily	Arkansas Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maine Michigan Minnesota Mississippi North Carolina North Dakota New Hampshire Oklahoma Rhode Island Texas Utah Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia
Oversight agency updates individual lobbyist/lobbyist employer directory weekly	Alaska Idaho Missouri Montana New Mexico South Dakota Tennessee Virginia
Oversight agency updates individual lobbyist/lobbyist employer directory monthly	Alabama Colorado Louisiana Massachusetts Nebraska Nevada New York Oregon South Carolina
Oversight agency updates individual lobbyist/lobbyist employer directory semi-annually or less often	Federal Government Iowa Illinois Maryland New Jersey Ohio Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Enforcement* 39. Does the state have statutory auditing authority?
State has auditing authority over lobby registrations/spending reports	Alaska Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Georgia Hawaii Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Michigan Minnesota Montana North Carolina Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Vermont Washington Wisconsin
State does not have auditing authority over lobby regstrations/spending reports	Arizona Federal Government Florida Iowa Illinois Maine Missouri Mississippi North Dakota South Dakota Tennessee Utah Virginia West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Enforcement* 40. Does the state agency conduct mandatory reviews or audits?
State reviews or audits lobby registrations/spending reports routinely	California Connecticut Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Michigan New Jersey Nevada New York Ohio Washington Wisconsin
State does not review or audit lobby registrations/spending reports routinely	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona Colorado Delaware Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Kansas Maine Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Mexico Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Enforcement* 41. Is there a statutory penalty for late filing of lobby registration form?
Penalty is on books for missing lobby registration filing deadline	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
Penalty is not on books for missing lobby registration filing deadline	Iowa Illinois North Dakota South Dakota
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Enforcement* 42. Is there a statutory penalty for late filing of lobby spending report?
Penalty is on books for missing lobby spending report filing deadline	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
Penalty is not on books for missing lobby spending report filing deadline	Iowa New Hampshire South Dakota
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Enforcement* 43. When was a penalty for late filing of a lobby spending report last levied?
Lobby spending report late filing penalty levied within 0 to 1 year	Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Florida Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska Nevada New York Ohio Oregon Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin
Lobby spending report late filing penalty levied within 2 to 3 years	Alabama Connecticut Georgia New Jersey New Mexico South Carolina
Lobby spending report late filing penalty levied within 4 to 5 years	West Virginia
Lobby spending report late filing penaltied levied more than 5 years ago	Arizona Hawaii Illinois New Hampshire Oklahoma Rhode Island South Dakota
N/A or never levied	Federal Government Iowa Montana Pennsylvania Wyoming
*Enforcement* 44. Is there a statutory penalty for incomplete filing of a lobby registration form?
Penalty is on books for incomplete filing of lobby registration	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia
Penalty is not on books for incomplete filing of lobby registration	Iowa Illinois Michigan North Dakota New York South Dakota Tennessee Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Enforcement* 45. Is there a statutory penalty for incomplete filing of a lobby spending report?
Penalty is on books for incomplete filing of lobby spending report	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii 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 Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
Penalty is not on books for incomplete filing of lobby spending report	Iowa Michigan New York South Dakota Tennessee
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Enforcement* 46. When was a penalty for incomplete filing of a lobby spending report last levied?
Lobby spending report incomplete filing penalty levied within 0 to 1 year/don't accept incomplete filings	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Connecticut Florida Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oregon South Carolina Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia
Lobby spending report incomplete filing penalty levied within 2 to 3 years	New Jersey
Lobby spending report incomplete filing penaltied levied more than 5 years ago	Colorado Delaware Georgia Hawaii Illinois Maryland Mississippi New Hampshire Oklahoma Rhode Island
N/A or never levied	Federal Government Iowa Pennsylvania South Dakota Tennessee Wyoming
*Enforcement* 47. Does the state publish a list of delinquent filers either on the Web or in a printed document?
Oversight agency publishes a list of delinquent filers either on the Web or in a printed document	Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Minnesota Montana Nebraska Nevada Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina Texas
Oversight agency does not publish a list of delinquent filers either on the Web or in a printed document	Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Federal Government Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Kansas Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Missouri Mississippi North Carolina North Dakota New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania
*Revolving Door Provision* 48. Is there a “cooling off” period required before legislators can register as lobbyists?
A "cooling off" period required before legislators can register as lobbyists is on the books	Alaska Alabama Arizona California Connecticut Federal Government Florida Hawaii Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Mississippi New Mexico New York Ohio Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Virginia Washington
A "cooling off" period required before legislators can register as lobbyists is not on the books	Arkansas Colorado Delaware Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey Nevada Oklahoma Oregon Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
N/A	Pennsylvania