BILL · 1997–98 SESSION · LATEST VERSION ESHB 2591

HB 2591: Agencies/vendor lobbying

Forbidding state agencies from requesting vendors to lobby the legislature.

Summary

  • An employee or official of a state executive agency may not use state resources to demand or pressure a vendor or contractor, from whom the agency makes purchases or contracts for services or construction, to lobby or contact the Legislature regarding proposed or pending legislation where the communications with the vendor or contractor is explicitly or implicitly coercive in nature and the vendor or contractor…

From the Substitute House Bill Report (SHB 2591), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedJan 15, 1998
  2. Out of committee
  3. Passed HouseFeb 13, 1998
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Phil Dyer (R-5)
Introduced
January 15, 1998 in the House
Last action
March 12, 1998
Versions
HB 2591, ESHB 2591

Sponsors

Votes

House · Final Passage

February 13, 1998
Version voted on: ESHB 2591
60 Yea 37 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat53600
Republican55101
How each member voted

Yea (60)

Excused (1)

History

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HB 2591 in other sessions

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