House Bill 5403

To allow notaries public and justices of the peace to serve on the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board, to stagger appointments to said board, to allow reappointments to the board, to permit members of said board to serve to adjudicate at a board hearing for a pending matter, to require prospective members of said board to certify that they are aware of the special restrictions of the Code of Ethics for Public Officials that would apply to them, to permit the Office of State Ethics to recover the amount of any financial benefit received by a state contractor for certain violations, to add a violation of section 1-101nn of the general statutes to the list of violations that are grounds for disqualifying a state contractor, to clarify that a violation of said section is grounds for being deemed a nonresponsible bidder, to give the Office of State Ethics the authority to interpret Parts III and IV of chapter 10 of the general statutes, to limit gift giving between supervisors and subordinates to one hundred dollars per year, to limit the violation contained in section 1-84 of the general statutes to knowing violations, to give the Office of State Ethics the ability to enforce the revolving door restrictions applying to former Gaming Policy Board members and Department of Public Utility Control Commissioners, to increase the threshold for lobbyist registration to $3,000, to require lobbyists to report gifts to state employees, to exempt candidates for public office from gift restrictions concerning admission to charitable and civic events or certain benefits provided by an employer, to limit certain lobbyist registration and reporting requirements to those who lobby within the scope of employment, to replace inaccurate references to the State Ethics Commission, to add other agencies to the definition of quasi-public agencies, to change certain reporting dates, to add employer other than the state to the conflict of interest provisions, and to require each prospective executive branch or quasi-public agency official or employee to sign a certification confirming their awareness of the applicable ethics laws.

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In the House of Representatives Mar 1 – Mar 17

1. Mar 1Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
2. Mar 4Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
3. Mar 17Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended a substitute for it