On Monday, Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation that will shift the way government agencies, boards, and commissions hire lobbyists. The legislation prohibits government organizations to contract lobbyists.
Agencies will work around the flimsy law by hiring lobbyists as state employees.
In 2016, Ducey issued executive order that banned taxpayer-funded contract lobbyists at all state agencies, boards and commissions. The executive order terminated state contracts with professional lobbyists and ended the practice of state entities spending public dollars on contract lobbyists.