By: Menéndez, et al.  S.B. No. 2233
         (In the Senate - Filed April 27, 2021; April 27, 2021, read
  first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 3, 2021,
  reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
  following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 3, 2021, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2233 By:  Powell
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the completion of sexual harassment prevention training
  and ethics training to register as a lobbyist.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 305.005(f), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (f)  The registration must be written and verified and must
  contain:
               (1)  the registrant's full name and address;
               (2)  the registrant's normal business, business phone
  number, and business address;
               (3)  the full name and address of each person:
                     (A)  who reimburses, retains, or employs the
  registrant to communicate directly with a member of the legislative
  or executive branch to influence legislation or administrative
  action; and
                     (B)  on whose behalf the registrant has
  communicated directly with a member of the legislative or executive
  branch to influence legislation or administrative action;
               (4)  the subject matter of the legislation or of the
  administrative action that is the subject of the registrant's
  direct communication with a member of the legislative or executive
  branch and, if applicable, the docket number or other
  administrative designation of the administrative action;
               (5)  for each person employed or retained by the
  registrant for the purpose of assisting in direct communication
  with a member of the legislative or executive branch to influence
  legislation or administrative action:
                     (A)  the full name, business address, and
  occupation of the person; and
                     (B)  the subject matter of the legislation or of
  the administrative action to which the person's activities
  reportable under this section were related and, if applicable, the
  docket number or other administrative designation of the
  administrative action; [and]
               (6)  the amount of compensation or reimbursement paid
  by each person who reimburses, retains, or employs the registrant
  for the purpose of communicating directly with a member of the
  legislative or executive branch or on whose behalf the registrant
  communicates directly with a member of the legislative or executive
  branch; 
               (7)  a certificate evidencing completion of a sexual
  harassment prevention training course in the previous two years, as
  required by Section 305.0052; and
               (8)  a certificate evidencing completion of an ethics
  training course in the previous two years, as required by Section
  305.0053.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 305, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Sections 305.0052 and 305.0053 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 305.0052.  SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING. (a)
  Each individual required to register under this chapter shall
  attend a sexual harassment prevention training course every two
  years, as approved by the commission, and shall submit to the
  commission a certificate of completion of the course.
         (b)  The certificate of completion must be in a form approved
  by the commission.
         (c)  The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to
  implement this section.
         Sec. 305.0053.  ETHICS TRAINING. (a) Each individual
  required to register under this chapter shall attend an ethics
  training course every two years, as approved by the commission, and
  shall submit to the commission a certificate of completion of the
  course.
         (b)  The certificate of completion must be in a form approved
  by the commission.
         (c)  The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to
  implement this section.
         SECTION 3.  Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas Ethics
  Commission shall adopt rules as required by Sections 305.0052 and
  305.0053, Government Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  Section 305.005, Government Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only to a registration required to be filed under
  that section on or after January 1, 2022.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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