The House voted on bills to slow revolving doors for state lobbyists and to make it a crime to remove a house-arrest monitor. The bills now move to the Senate.
HB 1136: Adds several state jobs to a requirement to wait six months before becoming a lobbyist. Currently, legislators, elected executive branch officials and department heads are covered by the six-month cooling off period. The bill adds senior officials at universities and the State Board of Community Colleges as well as liasons — lobbyists who work on behalf of state agencies.
HB 836: Under the bill, removing or tampering with an electronic monitoring device is a crime. Rep. Thom Tillis, a Charlotte Republican and the bill's sponsor said many were surprised to hear that tampering with the devices wasn't previously a crime.
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