New Lobbying Disclosure Act Guidance is available here. What’s new (link to PDF version of guidance)?
Section 6: Quarterly Reporting of Lobbying Activities
This section has been modified to accentuate that filers need to list a new lobbyist’s previous covered executive or legislative branch positions held within twenty (20) years of first acting as a lobbyist for a client. Once a filer has met the previously described statutory requirement for listing a new lobbyist’s previous covered position(s), then the filer does not have to list those positions again for subsequent reports concerning the same client. If a Registrant lists that lobbyist for the first time on a report/registration regarding a different client, then the Registrant must list that lobbyist’s previous covered positions held within twenty (20) years of first acting as a lobbyist for the new client.
Section 7: Semiannual Reporting of Certain Contributions
This section has been modified to stress that both registrants and lobbyists must file a semiannual report on Form LD-203 by July 30 and January 30 (or on the next business day should either day occur on a weekend or holiday) for each semiannual period in which a registrant or lobbyist remains active (and regardless of whether they do or do not make reportable contributions).
The Florida Division of Elections recently issued an advisory opinion regarding campaign contributions from separate corporations owned by the same individual.