Lobby Disclosure

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Bureau of Elections has received inquiries regarding the ability of petition gatherers to collect and submit signature petitions, including candidates with an April 21 filing deadline. As of now, all statutory requirements remain in place. Evaluation of the applicability of statutory deadlines and signature requirements in light of COVID-19 is ongoing, and we will share an update on any changes to requirements and procedures as soon as they are announced.

          2020 Summer Financial Report Summaries are due by 4:00 pm on 

August 31, 2020

This report covers the period from August 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 and is required by all registered Lobbyist and Lobbyist Agents. This report must be submitted even if there are no lobbying activities or expenditures to disclose for the period covered by the report.  This report should not be filed prior to the end of the reporting period, unless requesting termination.   Late Filing Fees will be assessed for all Summer Reports not filed by January 31, 2020.

• The Lobby Electronic Filing Program (e-Lobby) is available below for filing the Lobby Financial Report Summary and Itemized Expenditures form online
   
• The Itemized Expenditure form is required to be filed with the Financial Report Summary form, whether filing electronically or on paper, if the registrant meets the thresholds for itemizing.
   
• Termination of a Registration must be requested on a final Financial Report Summary and include a requested date of termination. The report must disclose all lobbying activity and expenditures from the beginning of the reporting period until the requested date of termination.