Another ethics reform bill has been approved by a House committee.
On Tuesday House Bill 819, which would limit gifts to public officials, passed the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee on a vote of 6-0. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, would prohibit state officials and candidates for state offices from accepting gifts with a value of more than $250, and prohibit lobbyists from giving gifts whose combined value total more than $1,000 to any one state official or candidate for state office each year.
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The bill is part of a comprehensive package of ethics reform proposals made by House Democrats. The only one that hasn’t advanced is House Bill 823, sponsored by Rep. Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces, which would make several amendments to clarify and clean up language in the Governmental Conduct Act.