Forget it! It doesn't exist. However, a lobbyist disclosure bill for the state House and executive branch is being worked on in secret. But it reportedly matches the lax existing rules for the Senate.
No one even knows the full scope of influence buying right now in Pennsylvania and there are no bills pending to limit it.
The best guess for now is that 800 registered lobbyists spent nearly $125 million last year to sway the opinion of our 253 elected lawmakers as well as high-ranking officials in Gov. Ed Rendell's administration, according to statistics the lobbyists filed with the Secretary of the Senate.
And we only know that because since 2003, state Senate rules have required "lobbyists, at their discretion, to report all expenses - that is, money spent lobbying the Senate, House and executive branch - rather than breaking out Senate lobbying only."
Of the $125 million spent to lobby state leaders last year, only $3.4 million was reportedly spent directly on "gift(s), entertainment, meal(s), transporation or lodging."
No one really knows if that's true, though. The lobbyists are not required to report specifically what they bought or who they bought it for.
Elected and appointed officials are required by the state Ethics Law to detail such gifts in their annual statements of financial interests.
However, the state Ethics Commission doesn't check those statements for completeness or accuracy, and only investigates after it receives a formal complaint.
Read more about it in my Daily Rant.
