In the Government Operations and Elections Committee this morning we’re hearing two bills and considering seven bills for possible Executive Action. Senate Bill 5411 requires ballot propositions to reduce the terms of office of port commissioners to be submitted for a vote at the general election.
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5577 establishes that knowing acquiescence by a supervisor in the ethics violation of an employee is itself an ethics violation; exempts certain investigative documents and documents related to the identity of the person making an ethics complaint to an ethics board, legislator, or statewide elected official from disclosure under the Public Records Act; modifies provisions governing an ethics board's investigation of a complaint; makes changes to whistleblower protections for state employees and officers, including establishment of a $5,000 civil penalty for retaliation or reprisal; requires ethics training and appointment of ethics advisors for each agency; and repeals a provision giving the subject of an ethics complaint the option of a hearing before an administrative law judge when there is the possibility of a penalty greater than $500.
We took Executive Action to recommend passage of SB 5198, SB 5257, SB 5258, SSB 5507, SSB 5518, and SB 5810.
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