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The Government Relations Association aims to be the world's largest non-profit association serving government relations professionals around the globe. If you're interested in starting a chapter of GRA in your state or country, let us know! The process begins by expressing your interest. We'll then work with you on the legal and financial components of setting up a GRA chapter in your city or home country! We look forward to working with you, and encourage you to learn more by e-mailing us today.
Alabama:
http://Ethics.Alabama.Gov
http://ethics.alabama.gov/lobbyists.aspx
Alaska:
http://law.alaska.gov/doclibrary/ethics.html
Arizona:
https://azsos.gov/elections/campaign-finance-reporting
https://azsos.gov/elections/lobbyists
Arkansas:
http://www.arkansasethics.com/
California:
https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/
http://www.fppc.ca.gov/the-law.html
Colorado:
https://www.colorado.gov/iec
Connecticut:
https://www.ct.gov/ethics/site/default.asp
CT Office of State Ethics
Delaware:
https://depic.delaware.gov/
https://depic.delaware.gov/lobbying/
DC:
https://bega.dc.gov/
https://bega.dc.gov/page/resources-lobbyists
Florida:
http://www.ethics.state.fl.us/
Georgia:
GA Campaign Search
GA Lobbyist Search
http://ethics.ga.gov/education-2/education/
Hawaii:
https://ethics.hawaii.gov/
https://ethics.hawaii.gov/lobbying_efiling/
Idaho: -- NO STATEWIDE ETHICS COMMISSION YET --
ID Senate Committees
Idaho Legislature - Ethics
Illinois:
https://www2.illinois.gov/eec/Pages/default.aspx
https://www2.illinois.gov/eec/search/pages/results.aspx?k=lobbying
Indiana:
https://www.in.gov/ig/
https://www.in.gov/ig/2336.htm (Ethics Code)
IN Inspector General: Ethics
Iowa:
http://www.iowa.gov/government/iecdb/index.htm
Iowa Lobbyist Search Tool
Kansas:
https://ethics.kansas.gov/
https://ethics.kansas.gov/lobbying/
Kentucky:
https://ethics.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx
https://ethics.ky.gov/lobbying/Pages/lobbyingguide.aspx
KY Lobbying Requirements
Louisiana:
http://ethics.la.gov/
http://ethics.la.gov/LobbyingHome.aspx
http://ethics.la.gov/Lobbyist/
Maine: (For ease of navigation, and comprehensive tools, this state site is one of the best)
https://www.maine.gov/ethics/
https://www.maine.gov/ethics/lobbyists/index2.htm
https://www.maine.gov/ethics/lobbyists/forms.htm
https://www.maine.gov/ethics/lobbyists/executive.htm
Maryland:
https://ethics.maryland.gov/
https://ethics.maryland.gov/lobbyists/forms/
Massachusetts:
https://www.mass.gov/orgs/state-ethics-commission
https://search.mass.gov/?q=lobbying
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/lob/lobidx.htm
Michigan:
MI State Board of Ethics
Minnesota:
https://cfb.mn.gov/
MN Campaign Finance: Lobbying
Mississippi:
https://www.ethics.ms.gov/
https://www.ethics.ms.gov/ethicslaws
Missouri:
https://www.mec.mo.gov/
https://www.mec.mo.gov/MEC/Lobbying/Home.aspx
Montana:
https://politicalpractices.mt.gov/ethics
MT Lobbyist Search
MT Lobbying Guide
Nebraska:
http://www.nadc.nebraska.gov/
http://www.nadc.nebraska.gov/l/ (Link to Lobbying Guidance)
Nevada:
http://ethics.nv.gov/
http://ethics.nv.gov/Resources/Manuals/
New Hampshire:
https://www.doj.nh.gov/ethics-committee/
NH Ethics Comm.: Code of Ethics
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ethics/
NH Ethics Guidelines
New Jersey:
https://www.nj.gov/ethics/
https://www.nj.gov/ethics/faqs/
New Mexico: (A Work in Progress -- NM Gov't Ethics Commission May Open in 2019)
Press: NM Governor Ethics Commission
Press: Members of NM Ethics Comm.
New York:
https://jcope.ny.gov/
https://jcope.ny.gov/lobbyist
https://jcope.ny.gov/lobbying-overview
NY JCope: Lobbying Application
North Carolina:
https://ethics.ncsbe.gov/
https://www.sosnc.gov/lobbyists/
North Dakota: (A Work in Progress -- Ethics Commission Coming 2019)
ND Ethics Applications
https://www.apnews.com/b107b25c59aa4b33a222744c125431ff
Ohio:
https://www.ethics.ohio.gov/
http://www.jlec-olig.state.oh.us/
http://www.jlec-olig.state.oh.us/?page_id=4
https://www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us/olac/
Oklahoma:
https://www.ok.gov/ethics/
https://www.ok.gov/ethics/Lobbyists_&_Liaisons_Reporting/index.html
OK Ethics Comm.: Registration
Oregon:
https://www.oregon.gov/ogec/Pages/index.aspx
https://www.oregon.gov/OGEC/Pages/generalinfo.aspx
OR Ethics Commission: Handbook
Pennsylvania:
https://www.ethics.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx
PA Lobbying Laws + Regs
PA Lobbying Law: Add't Info.
Puerto Rico: (Work to Be Done; Do You Like Scavenger Hunts?)
http://www2.pr.gov/Directorios/Pages/DirectoriodeAgencias.aspx
PR Ethics Act of 2011
Rhode Island:
http://www.ethics.ri.gov/
http://www.ethics.ri.gov/code/
http://www.sos.ri.gov/publicinfo/lobbying/
South Carolina:
https://ethics.sc.gov/
https://ssl.sc.gov/EthicsRegistration/Login/Login.aspx
https://ethics.sc.gov/lobbying
SC Ethics Comm.: E-Filing
South Dakota: (Had One, Then Decided "On 2nd Thought..." Lots of Work to Be Done)
Tennessee:
TN Ethics Commission
https://apps.tn.gov/ilobby/
https://www.tn.gov/tec/tec-lobbyist/faq.html
Texas:
https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/
TX Ethics Comm.: Starting to Lobby
https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/forms/lobby/
Utah:
https://lobbyist.utah.gov/
https://ethics.utah.gov/
UT Ethics Training: Lobbying Quiz
https://le.utah.gov/documents/EthicsInformation.htm
Vermont:
https://ethicscommission.vermont.gov/
Virgin Islands: ("Site Not Found" -- Progress Needed)
http://www.vicjc.org/
http://www.legvi.org/
Virginia:
http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/
http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/lobbyists.asp
Washington:
https://ethics.wa.gov/
https://www.pdc.wa.gov/
West Virginia:
https://ethics.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx
https://ethics.wv.gov/lobbyist/Pages/default.aspx
https://ethics.wv.gov/lobbyist/Pages/LobbyistTraining.aspx
https://ethics.wv.gov/lobbyist/Pages/ListsandForms.aspx
Wisconsin:
https://ethics.wi.gov/Pages/home.aspx
https://ethics.wi.gov/Pages/Lobbying/LobbyingOverview.aspx
https://ethics.wi.gov/Pages/Lobbying/ViewReports.aspx
Wyoming:
https://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Ethics.aspx
http://soswy.state.wy.us/Forms/Lobbyists/LobbyistRegistration.pdf
http://soswy.state.wy.us/Forms/Lobbyists/LobbyistActivityReport.pdf