State legislators and top appointed officials won’t be able to take jobs as lobbyists right after they leave the statehouse, under a bill passed unanimously by a key legislative committee on Friday.
That was one provision among several ethics reform measures passed by the Democrats and Republicans on the committee.
The committee also voted unanimously to pass bills significantly increasing financial disclosure for legislators and government officials. But they also killed a bill that would have prevented executive branch officials from taking jobs in the industries they regulated.