Posts from January 2020.
The Joint Legislative Ethics Committee (JLEC) recently gave guidance that lobbyists and employers must "affirmatively invite" all members of the General Assembly or all members of the House of Senate to qualify as an "all invited" event for reporting purposes.
With the start of a new decade, our team wants to share an overview of the past year and a look ahead to the coming months. Here is a review of relevant legislation that the General Assembly passed in 2019, a summary of predictions for 2020 legislative priorities and a political preview of the 2020 statewide election.
Recently, the Ohio Ethics Commission, in Advisory Opinion Number 2019-01, provided additional guidance on ceremonial gifts for public officials and employees.