Updates

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission will consider proposed rule amendments on January 10, 2025 that would clarify the definition of independent expenditure and increase the current gift limit from [...]

A lawsuit was filed this month against the New York Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government challenging a new regulation that came into effect December 1, 2024 requiring high-ranking [...]

New Jersey has increased the campaign contribution limits for 2025 with contributions from individuals and corporations increasing to $5,800 for governor candidates, $5,500 for all other [...]

The Senate confirmed a new director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics which has been without one for more than a year. David Huitema, a State Department ethics official, will serve a [...]

Voters will decide on two ethics-related ballot measures, Charter Amendment ER and Measure G, this November. The county of Los Angeles wants to create its first ethics commission, and the city [...]

Effective January 1, 2025, corporations and individuals are permitted to contribute $15,000 to candidates and $30,000 to PACs or political parties per election cycle. All political committees [...]

U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman dismissed a lawsuit filed against Austin’s campaign finance rule that says a candidate cannot raise more than $47,000 from outside city limits during an [...]

California recently passed two pieces of legislation (SB1181, SB1243) that made a number of changes to its pay-to-play law (Section 84308). These updates will take effect January 1, 2025. [...]

Effective October 30th, 2024, city employees and officials are prohibited from soliciting any gifts. The amendment also adds associations representing counties or municipal corporations to the [...]

Effective September 28, 2024, registered lobbyists are prohibited from making any campaign contributions to the mayor or a mayoral candidate in Chicago. The contribution ban extends to business [...]