This morning the Constitution and Elections Committee passed my initiative bill (HB263) and a bill to require campaign finance reports whether or not a candidate has an opponent (HB647).

Also, the State Government Committee passed my transparency bill (HB510). This bill would require all state elected officials and their spouses to report any state employment or state contract to the Secretary of State to be posted on the internet. Details to be posted would include an exact job description, any compensation, and the beginning and ending date of the state employment or contract. We added an amendment to the bill we added in committee to include state employment of children and step-children of the state elected officials.

I think there is truly genuine support for HB510 (in contrast with counterfeit support, in which lawmakers publicly support and privately oppose).

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