Links to States' Legislative Ethics and Lobbying Laws Back to Ethics State Statutes Links February 2008 This page contains links to ethics statutes for the 50 states. In some cases, links to legislative rules or state constitutions are provided. However, this is not a complete list of all state constitutional ethics provisions and all ethics legislative rules. Alabama Alabama Code: Code of Ethics for Public Officials, Employees, Etc. Title 36, Chapter 25 | Alaska Alaska Statutes: Standards of Conduct, Title 24, Chapter 60
For Regulation of Lobbying, scroll to Chapter 24.45 | Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes Title 38 - Public Officers and Employees - For Conflict of Interest of Officers and Employees, scroll to Chapter 3, Conduct of Office; Article 8.
- For Standards of Conduct for Members of the State Legislature, scroll to Chapter 3, Conduct of Office; Article 8.1.
- For Standards for Financial Disclosure, scroll to Chapter 3.1.
Title 41 - State Government For Registration and Regulation of Lobbyists, scroll to Chapter 7, Legislature; Article 8.1. | Arkansas Arkansas Code For Ethics and Conflict of Interest laws for legislators and lobbyists, scroll to Title 21, Public Officers and Employees, Chapter 8. | California California Government Code Conflict of Interest: Title 9 Chapter 7
General Prohibition
Disclosure
Ethics: Title 9 Chapter 9.5
Honoraria
Gifts
Travel
Lobbyists: Title 9 Chapter 6
Registration and Reporting
Prohibitions
Exemptions | Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes - For Code of Ethics for legislators, sc
- roll to Title 24, Government-State; Administration; Article 18, Standards of Conduct; Part 1, Code of Ethics.
- For Public Official Disclosure Law and Regulation of Lobbyists, go to Title 24, Government-State; Administration; Article 6, Colorado Sunshine Law;
- Part 2, Public Official Disclosure Law.
- Part 3, Regulation of Lobbyists.
| Connecticut Connecticut General Statutes Code of Ethics. Title 1, Chapter 10 - §1-79 through 1-101 | Delaware Delaware Code Annotated | Florida Florida Statutes | Georgia Georgia Code Code of Ethics for Government Service, Title 45, Public Officers and Employees, Chapter 10 - For prohibited activities, go to 45-10-3
Ethics in Government Act. Title 21, Elections; Chapter 5 - For powers of the state ethics commission, go to 21-5-6 and 21-5-7.
- For honorarium restrictions, go to 21-5-11.
- For financial disclosure requirements, go to 21-5-50 - 21-5-53.
- For lobbyist regulation, go to 21-5-70 - 21-5-73.
| Hawaii Hawaii Revised Statutes | Idaho Idaho Code | Illinois Illinois Compiled Statutes | Indiana Indiana Code - Legislative Ethics.Title 2, General Assembly; Article 2.1, Legislative Sessions and Procedures; Chapter 3
- Bribery, Conflict of Interest, and Official Misconduct.Title 35, Criminal Law and Procedure; Article 44, Offenses Against Public Administration; Chapter 1.
- Lobbyists. Title 2, General Assembly; Article 7
- Ethics and Conflicts of Interest. Title 4, State Offices and Administration; Article 2, State Officers Generally; Chapter 6. (In this section, the term "state officer" does not apply to legislators.)
| Iowa Iowa Code Conflict of Interest of Public Officers and Employees. Title II, Subtitle 2, Chapter 68B. | Kansas Kansas Statutes Scroll to Statute Table of Contents and highlight Chapter 46 - Legislatures. Then click the "Get Articles in Chapter" button. Highlight Article 2 - State Governmental Ethics and click the "List Statutes in Article" button. State Governmental Ethics Law: 46-215 - 46-293. -
Gift restrictions are at 46-237 and 46-237a. -
Financial disclosure requirements are at 46-239 and 46-247 - 46-252. -
Nepotism restrictions are at 46-246a. -
Lobbyist regulation is at 46-265 - 46-271. | Kentucky Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 6. Ethics laws are from 6.601-6.850. - For Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission, scroll to 6.651.
- For Conduct of Legislators, scroll to 6.731.
- For Financial Disclosure, scroll to 6.781.
- For Legislative Lobbying, scroll to 6.801.
Chapter 11A. For Executive Agency Lobbying, scroll to 11A.201 | Louisiana Louisiana Revised Statutes | Maine Maine Revised Statutes Annotated | Maryland Maryland Code For Public Ethics, §15-101 - 15-611, go to State Government; Title 15, Public Ethics. - Subtitle 5 is Conflict of Interest
- Subtitle 6 is Financial Disclosure
- Subtitle 7 is Lobbying regulations
| Massachusetts General Laws of Massachusetts | Michigan Michigan Codified Laws Chapter 15, Public Officers and Employees: Chapter 4, Legislature | Minnesota Minnesota Statutes Legislator ethics and lobbyist regulation under Chapter 10A, Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure. | Mississippi Mississippi Code - For Ethics in Government, scroll to Title 25, Public Officers and Employees, Public Records; Chapter 4, Ethics in Government.
- For the Lobbying Law Reform Act of 1994, scroll to Title 5, Legislative Department; Chapter 8.
| Missouri Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 105, Public Officers and Employees - Miscellaneous Provisions - For Ethics Laws, scroll to 105.450 - 105.496
- Lobbyist laws start at 105.470
| Montana Montana Code Annotated | Nebraska Nebraska Revised Statutes Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act - Conflict of Interest starts at 49-1493.
- Lobbying regulations start at 49-1480.
| Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes | New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes | New Jersey New Jersey Statutes Annotated - Ethics Laws for legislators and lobbyists are at N.J.S.A. 52:13C.
- Conflict of interest laws are at 52:13D.
To use New Jersey's system, scroll to Title 52. Click on the cross button to the left of the title to view all the sections in the title. Click on the arrow icon in the lower right corner of the screen to view more sections. Do this until Section 52:13C is visible. This is the start of the state's legislative ethics laws. Scroll to 52:13D for Conflict of Interest law. | New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Unannotated Note that the term "public official" does not apply to legislators in New Mexico. - Governmental Conduct, Chapter 10; Article 16
- Financial Disclosures, Chapter 10; Article 16A
- Governmental Ethics Oversight Committee, Chapter 2; Article 15
- Lobbyist Regulation,Chapter 2; Article 11
| New York New York State Consolidated Laws | North Carolina North Carolina General Statutes | North Dakota North Dakota Century Code | Ohio Ohio Revised Code - Public Officers Ethics: Title 1, State Government; Chapter 102
- Legislative Lobbying: Title 1, State Government; Chapter 101, General Assembly; 101.70-101.81
- Retirement System Lobbying: Title 1, State Government; Chapter 101 General Assembly; 101.90-101.99
- Executive Agency Lobbying: Title 1, State Government; Chapter 121, State Departments; 121.60-121.69
| Oklahoma Oklahoma Constitution, a link from the Oklahoma Legislatures's Web site For Ethics Rules, Ethics Commission and Criminal Penalties, click on Article XXIX, Ethics Commission. Oklahoma Statutes For Lobbying Laws, go to Title 74 | Oregon Oregon Revised Statutes | Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes | Rhode Island Rhode Island General Laws | South Carolina South Carolina Code | South Dakota South Dakota Codified Laws | Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated | Texas Texas Government Code - For the Texas Ethics Commission, scroll to Chapter 571.
- For Personal Financial Disclosure, Standards of Conduct, and Conflict of Interest scroll to Chapter 572
- For Registration of Lobbyists, scroll to Chapter 305
| Utah Utah Code - Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act, Title 36, Chapter 11
- Legislative Conflict of Interest, Title 36, Chapter 19
- Prohibiting Employment of Relatives, Title 52, Chapter 03
- Offenses Against Administration of the Government, Title 76, Chapter 8
- For bribery, go to 76-8-105.
- For alteration of legislation, go to 76-8-107 and 76-8-108.
- For failure of a legislator to disclose interest in a bill, go to 76-8-109.
See also Joint Legislative Rules. Joint ethics rules are at JR-16.01-JR-16.07. | Vermont Vermont Statutes Annotated For Registration of Lobbyists, go to Title 2, Chapter 11. | Virginia Code of Virginia | Washington Revised Code of Washington | West Virginia West Virginia Code Public Officers and Employees, Ethics, Conflict of Interest, Financial Disclosure, Chapter 6B. - Ethics Commission powers and duties begin at Article 2.
- Lobbyist laws begin at Article 3.
- Ethical standards for elected and appointed officials and public employees are at 6B-2-5.
- Financial disclosure requirements begin at 6B-2-6.
| Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes - General Duties of Public Officials. For Code of Ethics for Public Officials and Employees, scroll to Subchapter III -19.41 to 19.59.
- Financial disclosure begins at 19.43.
- Conflict of interest prohibition is at 19.46.
- Honorariums are discussed at 19.56.
- For Regulation of Lobbying, go to Chapter 13, Legislative Branch. Scroll to Subchapter III, 13.61 to 13.75.
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