{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-6.811","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 6.811","heading":"Prohibitions against certain conduct by legislative agents and their","body":"employers -- Penalties.\n(1) A legislative agent or employer shall not knowingly fail to register, as required\nunder KRS 6.807.\n(2) A legislative agent or employer shall not knowingly f ail to keep a receipt or\nmaintain a record which KRS 6.821 requires the person to keep or maintain.\n(3) A person shall not knowingly fail to file a statement that KRS 6.807, 6.821, or\n6.824 requires the person to file.\n(4) A legislative agent or employer s hall not knowingly offer, give, or agree to give\nanything of value to a legislator, a candidate, or the spouse or child of a legislator or\ncandidate.\n(5) A legislative agent shall not serve as a campaign treasurer, and shall not directly\nsolicit, control, or deliver a campaign contribution, for a candidate or legislator.\n(6) A legislative agent shall not make a campaign contribution to a legislator, a\ncandidate, or his or her campaign committee.\n(7) During a regular session of the General Assembly, an emplo yer of a legislative\nagent shall not make a campaign contribution to a legislator, candidate, campaign\ncommittee for a legislator or candidate, or caucus campaign committee. This\nsubsection shall not apply to candidates for the General Assembly in a specia l\nelection held during a regular session of the General Assembly.\n(8) An employer shall not knowingly employ, appoint, or retain a serving legislator or\nformer legislator as a legislative agent until at least two (2) years have elapsed from\nthe date on which he or she vacated his or her office.\n(9) No person shall engage any person to lobby in exchange for compensation that is\ncontingent in any way upon the passage, modification, or defeat of any legislation.\nNo person shall accept any engagement to lobby i n exchange for compensation that\nis contingent in any way upon the passage, modification, or defeat of any\nlegislation. Violation of this provision is a Class D felony.\n(10) A legislative agent or other lobbyist shall not go upon the floor of either house of\nthe General Assembly while the house is in session, except upon invitation of that\nhouse. Violation of this provision is a Class B misdemeanor.\n(11) If any legislative agent or employer violates any provision in subsections (4) to (8)\nof this section, he or she shall for the first violation be guilty of ethical misconduct.\nFor the second and each subsequent violation, he or she shall be guilty of a Class D\nfelony.","path":["KRS Chapter 6"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43307","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:25Z","sha256":"d4f1b1916f3692a297d8a1c3f47216e402a9f44e512f9024c7f1e527519982ee","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-6.810","next":"us-ky/krs-6.815"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}