Senate
File
2131
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2131
BY
LOFGREN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
lobbying
activities
of
former
or
future
1
executive
or
administrative
heads
of
licensing
boards,
2
providing
penalties,
and
making
penalties
applicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
68B.5A,
subsection
4,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
A
person
who
is
subject
to
the
requirements
of
subsection
3
1
and
a
person
who
served
as
an
executive
or
administrative
4
head
of
a
licensing
board,
as
defined
in
section
272C.1,
shall
5
not
within
two
years
after
the
termination
of
service
or
6
employment
become
a
lobbyist.
7
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
272C.7A
Executive
or
administrative
8
head
of
licensing
board
——
disqualified
——
penalty.
9
1.
A
person
who
was
a
lobbyist,
as
defined
in
section
68B.2,
10
shall
not
serve
as
the
executive
or
administrative
head
of
11
a
licensing
board
within
two
years
after
the
person
stopped
12
lobbying.
13
2.
A
person
who
knowingly
and
intentionally
violates
this
14
section
commits
a
serious
misdemeanor.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
Under
current
law,
a
person
who
serves
as
a
statewide
elected
19
official,
the
executive
or
administrative
head
of
an
agency
of
20
state
government,
the
deputy
executive
or
administrative
head
21
of
an
agency
of
state
government,
and
a
member
of
the
general
22
assembly
are
prohibited
from
becoming
a
lobbyist
for
two
years
23
following
the
termination
of
service
or
employment.
24
This
bill
also
prohibits
an
executive
or
administrative
25
head
of
a
licensing
board,
as
defined
in
Code
section
272C.1,
26
from
acting
as
a
lobbyist
for
two
years
after
the
termination
27
of
the
person’s
service
or
employment.
Additionally,
the
28
bill
prohibits
a
person
who
was
a
lobbyist
from
serving
as
an
29
executive
or
administrative
head
of
a
licensing
board
for
two
30
years
after
the
person
stopped
lobbying.
Code
section
272C.1
31
includes
32
specifically
identified
licensing
boards.
32
The
bill
does
not
prohibit
an
executive
or
administrative
33
head
of
a
licensing
board
from
lobbying
as
the
board’s
34
executive
director.
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By
operation
of
law,
a
person
who
knowingly
and
1
intentionally
acts
as
a
lobbyist
when
prohibited
from
being
2
a
lobbyist
is
guilty
of
a
serious
misdemeanor
and
may
be
3
reprimanded,
suspended,
or
dismissed
from
the
person’s
position
4
or
otherwise
sanctioned.
Under
the
bill,
a
person
who
was
5
a
lobbyist
and
then
serves
as
an
executive
or
administrative
6
head
of
a
licensing
board
when
prohibited
commits
a
serious
7
misdemeanor.
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
8
confinement
for
no
more
than
one
year
and
a
fine
of
at
least
9
$430
but
not
more
than
$2,560.
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