| STATE |
STATUTE |
RESTRICTIONS |
| Alabama |
36-25-7 |
- Provider must be present for food and beverages.
- May accept promotional items of a nominal value and seasonal gifts worth less than $100/gift.
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| Alaska |
24-60-080 |
- Legislators may accept travel and hospitality primarily for the purpose of obtaining information on matters of legislative concern.
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| Arizona |
41-1232.02 |
- Exceptions to the definition of gift include expenses relating to functions to which all members are invited and items that are given to the general public at an event.
- Legislators cannot accept a gift with a total value of more than $10. Food and beverages are excluded from this restriction.
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| Arkansas |
21-8-801(1) |
- Legislators must report gifts with a value of $150 or more.
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| California |
89503 |
- Legislators are not subject to the $300 gift limit when attending an event related to a governmental purpose and provided by government, an educational institution, or a non-profit.
- Expenses including transportation, lodging and subsistence are reportable.
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| Colorado |
24-18-104 |
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| Connecticut |
Title 1, Ch 10, Part I and II |
- Gifts costing less than $100 in the aggregate or food and beverage provided at a meeting or conference of an interstate legislative association, by a person who is not a registrant or is not doing business with the state are excluded from the definition of gift.
- Food and beverage of less than $150 per recipient per year and consumed when person paying is in attendance is excluded from definition of gift.
- Items with a value of $10 or less are not considered gifts.
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| Delaware |
Title 29, Ch. 58 |
- Must report gifts of $250 or more.
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| Florida |
Title 10, Ch. 112, Part III |
- Gifts provided directly or indirectly by a national organization such as NCSL are exempted from the definition of gift.
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| Georgia |
21-5-70 |
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| Hawaii |
84-11.5(1) |
- Must report gifts of $250 or more if the source of the gift has interests that may be affected by official action and is not exempted from reporting requirements.
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| Idaho |
59-701 |
- May accept trivial benefits not to exceed $50.
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| Illinois |
5 ILCS 425 |
- National Conference of State Legislatures Act states that members may attend meetings sponsored by NCSL.
- May accept food, refreshments, and items of nominal value.
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| Indiana |
IC 4-2-6 |
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| Iowa |
68B-22 |
- Exceptions to the gift prohibition include:
- Gifts donated to an educational or charitable organization and then received by the official;
- Anything of value distributed free of charge to the general public;
- Items received from an organization to which the donee belongs as a dues paying member, if the items are given to all members of the organization without regard to individual status;
- Gifts worth less than $3 a day;
- Food and beverage in return for participation in a panel or meeting.
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| Kansas |
46-237 |
- May accept subsistence, hospitality and entertainment incurred while attending and participating in meetings sponsored by national, nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations established for strengthening state legislatures.
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| Kentucky |
6.611 |
- May accept informational or promotional items and food and beverages consumed at events to which all members are invited.
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| Louisiana |
15-1115,42-1123 |
- May accept gifts of less than $100 per event or $500 per year.
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| Maine |
1-25-1012 |
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| Maryland |
15-505 |
- May accept food or beverages received at the time and geographic location of a meeting of a legislative organization.
- May accept gifts that do not exceed $20.
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| Massachusetts |
MGL Chpt.268A |
- May accept gifts of less than $50.
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| Michigan |
15-342 |
- May accept gifts of less than $43 in any one month period.
- May accept meals provided for immediate consumption.
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| Minnesota |
10A.071Subd. 3 |
- Exceptions to the prohibition on gifts include a trinket or memento of insignificant value and food or a beverage given at a reception, meal, or meeting away from the recipient’s place of work by an organization before whom the recipient appears to make a speech or answer questions as part of a program.
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| Mississippi |
25-4-101 |
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| Missouri |
105-456 |
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| Montana |
N/A |
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| Nebraska |
49-1423 |
- Gift does not include a meal or other refreshment provided for immediate consumption.
- Gifts cannot exceed $50 per month.
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| Nevada |
281.481 |
- May not accept gifts exceeding $100 per year.
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| New Hampshire |
640:5 |
- Must report gifts if value exceeds $50.
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| New Jersey |
52:13D-14 |
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| New Mexico |
10-16B-2 |
- Bona fide educational program exempted from definition of gift.
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| New York |
Chpt 32, Article 1A, 1m |
- Exempted from the definition of gift:
- Food and beverage at charitable or political events and officially related, widely attended events if offered by the sponsor;
- Meals at an informational event;
- Promotional or marketing items having no substantial resale value.
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| North Carolina |
§ 120-86 |
- Must report gifts over $200 and gifts over $100 if received from an entity doing business with or regulated by the state.
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| North Dakota |
54.05.1-05 |
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| Ohio |
1-102.031 |
- May accept gifts of less than $75 per year.
- Food and beverages are excepted from limit when provided to the member at a meeting or convention of a national organization to which all members are invited.
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| Oklahoma |
Title 74, Chpt. 62, App. 257:20-1-9,257:1-1-2 |
- Gift limit of $300 per year.
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| Oregon |
244-040 (2) |
- May accept food or beverages when participating in an event that bears a relationship to the public official’s office and when appearing in an official capacity.
- $100 limit per year for gifts.
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| Pennsylvania |
51-17.5 |
- Exceptions to gift restrictions include insignificant nonpecuniary gifts, food, drink, and refreshments.
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| Rhode Island |
36-14-5 |
- No limit but must report gifts over $100.
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| South Carolina |
2-17-80(B) |
- May accept informational and promotional items worth less than $10.
- Receptions attended are subject to a limit of $25 per day.
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| South Dakota |
N/A |
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| Tennessee |
3-6-108 |
- Exceptions to gift prohibition include sample merchandise, promotional items, and appreciation tokens if routinely given to customers, suppliers or potential customers in the ordinary course of business.
- Food and beverages provided in connection with an event to which all members are invited are not subject to the prohibition.
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| Texas |
572.051 |
- May accept gifts not to exceed $50 per day.
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| Utah |
67-16-5 (2) |
- Legislators may accept gifts with a value of $50 or less.
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| Vermont |
2 VSA § 264 (b) |
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| Virginia |
2.1-639.33 (5) |
- No restrictions but must disclose a gift or entertainment at a single event if the value exceeds $50.
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| Washington |
42-52-140,42-52-150 |
- May accept gifts with an aggregate value of no more than $50 per year. Certain gifts are exempted from the limit including:
- Promotional items of nominal value;
- Food and beverage consumed at a hosted reception where attendance is related to official duties;
- Events sponsored by civic and charitable organizations.
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| West Virginia |
6B-2-5(C)(2) |
- May accept meals and beverages and gifts of nominal value ($25 or less).
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| Wisconsin |
19.45 (3) |
- Must disclose anything of value over $50 received in connection with participation in a meeting, excluding the value of food and beverages.
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| Wyoming |
9-13-101 |
- May accept food and beverages and gifts totaling $250 or less.
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