{"id":2294,"date":"2025-09-30T10:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/?post_type=press&#038;p=2294"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:14:16","slug":"ang-komisyon-sa-etika-ay-nagpatibay-ng-malaking-reporma-upang-isara-ang-butas-ng-lobbyist","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/tl\/press\/ethics-commission-adopts-major-reform-to-close-the-lobbyist-loophole\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinagtibay ng Komisyon sa Etika ang Malaking Reporma upang Isara ang Lobbyist Loophole"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2294","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":" Today the Rhode Island Ethics Commission voted to amend the Code of Ethics to close a loophole that allows public officials and employees to take unlimited gifts from lobbyists. The Commission did this at the request of Common Cause Rhode Island which filed a petition to close the loophole. This is the first time since 2012 that the Commission has voted to strengthen the state\u2019s ethics laws.","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":"","related_issues":[426,106],"related_work":false,"location":42},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<strong data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Providence, RI\u00a0<\/strong>- Ngayon ay bumoto ang Rhode Island Ethics Commission na amyendahan ang Code of Ethics upang isara ang isang butas na nagpapahintulot sa mga pampublikong opisyal at empleyado na kumuha ng walang limitasyong mga regalo mula sa mga tagalobi. Ginawa ito ng Komisyon sa kahilingan ng Common Cause Rhode Island na naghain ng petisyon upang isara ang butas. Ito ang unang pagkakataon mula noong 2012 na bumoto ang Komisyon upang palakasin ang mga batas sa etika ng estado. &quot;Ito ay isang magandang hakbang patungo sa mas etikal na pamahalaan sa Rhode Island,&quot;\u00a0<strong>sabi ni John Marion, executive director ng Common Cause Rhode Island.<\/strong>\u00a0&quot;Kami ay nagpapasalamat sa Komisyon sa paggawa ng mahalagang hakbang na ito upang palakasin ang aming mga batas sa etika at bawasan ang impluwensya ng mga espesyal na interes sa politika ng Rhode Island.&quot; Noong Disyembre 2024,\u00a0<a title=\"Orihinal na URL: http:\/\/email.commoncause.org\/c\/eJxszrFu5CAQgOGnwR0WDBjGBcXpdO5OOt0bjBlYk7WNtbDZ148ipYrS_cVX_Bxc ssBuSEH7aQarNbhhC3ZSBmOOzmeMRDNGSxp5jivmDCsOJYCCSc1GaasmcKNGR8mxmzx7zisLq2I9jnpGerY01sdt2MPW-9WE -SVgEbC8Xq_xmxGwPLbKSZa208mf6JKxnj2dXcDyvPZK3AQsoMAKWDR8tdQgNco_fSuxyd_1OEprpZ7y_3NP8i_dy3mT_1I vvdRzvDgPj3Ac9Fbu1H5Y7QFV5IgW9JwSJfKUE7LH1UIy3s5m6MEZZ7zDaCaP2iKtxln2RruVsp0YhvcAHwEAAP__1WpsFA. 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Bago ang pagbabago ngayon, ang mga regalo ay limitado lamang kung sila ay nagmula sa isang taong &quot;interesado&quot; dahil maaari silang makinabang sa pananalapi mula sa mga desisyon na ginawa ng pampublikong empleyado o opisyal. Common Cause Naniniwala ang Rhode Island na ang mga regalo mula sa mga tagalobi ay isang salungatan ng interes anuman ang benepisyo ng lobbyist o ang kanilang employer sa pananalapi.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ethics Commission Adopts Major Reform to Close the Lobbyist Loophole\ufeff - Common Cause Rhode Island<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thanks to Common Cause Rhode Island&#039;s advocacy, public officials and employees can no longer take unlimited gifts from lobbyists.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/tl\/pindutin\/ang-komisyon-sa-etika-ay-nagpatibay-ng-malaking-reporma-upang-isara-ang-butas-ng-lobbyist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ethics Commission Adopts Major Reform to Close the Lobbyist Loophole\ufeff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thanks to Common Cause Rhode Island&#039;s advocacy, public officials and employees can no longer take unlimited gifts from lobbyists.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/tl\/pindutin\/ang-komisyon-sa-etika-ay-nagpatibay-ng-malaking-reporma-upang-isara-ang-butas-ng-lobbyist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Rhode Island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lobbyist-Loophole-ActionNet-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/press\/ethics-commission-adopts-major-reform-to-close-the-lobbyist-loophole\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/press\/ethics-commission-adopts-major-reform-to-close-the-lobbyist-loophole\/\",\"name\":\"Ethics Commission Adopts Major Reform to Close the Lobbyist Loophole\ufeff - 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