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* West Virginia must have some real issues with lobsters…

A BILL to amend and reenact §6B-3-2, §6B-3-7, and §6B-3-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §6B-3-3d, all relating to regulation of lobbyists; requiring registered lobbyists to purchase and wear body-mounted cameras at the Capitol and in certain other circumstances; requiring certain certifications be made by registered lobbyists; prohibiting lobbyists from making certain campaign donations; prohibiting lobbyists from loitering in the Capitol with certain exceptions; prohibiting lobbyists from making certain expenditures to benefit legislators; making body-mounted camera video and audio recordings subject to inspection by the Ethics Commission and subject to the provisions of the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act; authorizing random inspections of lobbyist body-mounted cameras; setting certain compliance requirements for lobbyists; creating a misdemeanor offense for failure to comply with certain requests for video and audio from body-mounted cameras; and creating penalties relating to access to the Capitol complex by lobbyists for violation of certain prohibited conduct.

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:07 pm

Comments

I am not sure the residents of West Virginia really want to, or are ready to see how the coal industry lobbyists keep their power

Comment by Pour one out Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:08 pm
should be amended to just lobbyists with business PACs distributing over $50,000 / year. The rest would be pretty boring, and most could not afford the cameras anyway!

Comment by capitol view Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:10 pm
===prohibiting lobbyists from loitering in the Capitol with certain exceptions===

That’s how I spend most of my time in Springfield.

Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:10 pm
===…how the coal industry lobbyists keep their power…”

This probably has something to do with it, but it also smacks of members protecting themselves from themselves

Comment by Joe Bidenopolous Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:13 pm
Well there goes the job of Trackers. Now you just get your hands of the opponent’s body-cams to see what they are doing.

Comment by Give Me A Break Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:15 pm
Is the camera thing designed primarily to deter lobbyist bad behavior or the bad behavior of the people who are on the other end of the camera?

Comment by Ron Burgundy Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:15 pm
I just want in-person sexual harassment training requirement. Could you imagine body cameras for lobbyists?

Also my video would be the worst movie ever. Here is me waiting, here is me waiting, here is me eating a salad, here is me reading capitol fax while waiting, here is me almost getting in to speak to a legislator but it turns out they have a meeting, here is me waiting. The. End.

Comment by Kyle Hillman Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:21 pm
**Is the camera thing designed primarily to deter lobbyist bad behavior or the bad behavior of the people who are on the other end of the camera?**

Yes.

Comment by SaulGoodman Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:23 pm
This sounds like the future of entertainment

This is awesome.

Can we make these publicly live-streamed at all times? What about attaching selfie sticks to them? Heartrate monitors.

Imagine the possibilities.

Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:31 pm
It’s sponsored by Richard Ojeda, who is running for President. It seems primarily geared toward running for President.

Comment by A Young Person Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:33 pm
What happens when a lobbyist has to use the restroom?

Comment by GreenWithEnvy Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:35 pm
@A Young Person

Perhaps Mr. Ojeda should be the one wearing the body camera.

Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:46 pm
Besides the first amendment problems I can see s whole bunch of lobbyist deciding they are really not lobbyist and don’t register. I think there were about 8000 people registered as lobbyists before IL raised the price from $25 to $300. After that 4 to 5 thousand decided they didn’t qualify.

Comment by Been There Friday, Jan 18, 19 @ 3:51 pm