Lawmakers advance bill to regulate state agencies, like lobbyists who try to sway legislation

Colorado Public Radio: Governor Jared Polis is strongly pushing back against a proposal that would treat legislative staff in his administration like any other lobbyist. 

The primary job of those workers, called legislative liaisons, is to try to sway lawmakers and change legislation. They’re essentially lobbyists for the state government and the Polis administration, but they aren’t required to follow the same disclosure rules that govern most lobbyists. 

A bipartisan bill moving through the statehouse would change that, a measure that appeared to ruffle feathers within Governor Jared Polis’s administration.

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