By: Marley Parish
The proposed legislation does not include the gift ban, which would prohibit lawmakers from accepting gifts from lobbyists.
Nine months after the top Republican in the Pennsylvania state Senate vowed to make transparency a major priority in the Legislature, lawmakers are inching toward some lobbying reform.
Four Republicans in the upper chamber introduced a package of bills on Wednesday that would impose new requirements for lobbyists and political consultants to avoid conflicts of interest and define the relationship between lawmakers and those who try to influence them.