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The next report covers 
9/1/2024 to 12/31/2024 and is
due by Wednesday, January 15, 2025.​​

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TRAINING: Online employer and legislative agent training. Please click here​ to watch.
To view a copy of the gray booklet we mention in the training video click here​. 
TRAINING: Legislative Ethics Code Overview training. Please click ​here to watch.​ Disclaimer: This training does not include changes in the Code enacted after 2020. Contact the Commission office if you have questions.
PLEASE NOTE:  Legislators and legislative candidates are prohibited from receiving campaign contributions from registered employers of legislative agents and permanent committees (PACs) during a regular session of the General Assembly.  KRS 6.767.  Due to a change in the law in 2022, the KRS 6.767 prohibition does not apply to legislative candidates in a special election or legislators seeking statewide office.​​

KLEC has jurisdiction over

  • Legislative agents (lobbyists),
  • Employers (individuals or entities who engage legislative agents),
  • Members of the General Assembly, and
  • Candidates running for the General Assembly.
 

The legislative ethics law covers four broad subject matters

 
  • Registration of legislative agents and employers;
  • Statements by legislative agents and employers of:
    • lobbying expenditures and expenses, and financial transactions;
  • Conduct of members of the General Assembly; and
  • Financial disclosure statements of the General Assembly, legislative candidates, and
    key legislative staff.

 

Reporting Deadlines

Reporting PeriodDue
January 1 - 31February 15
February 1 - 28March 15
March 1 - 31April 15
April 1 - 30May 15
May 1 - August 31September 15
September 1 – December 31January 15

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Contact Us

Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission
22 Mill Creek Park
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

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Phone - (502) 573-2863

Fax - (502) 573-2929

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Agencies Similar to KLEC

Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission

The Executive Branch Code of Ethics establishes the ethical standards that govern the conduct of all executive branch employees.

Visit ethics.ky.gov

Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

A fact finding and service body for the legislature consisting of a 16 member panel of Democrats and Republican leaders from the General Assembly.

Visit legislature.ky.gov

Kentucky Registry of Election Finance

The Kentucky Registry of Election Finance administers and enforces the laws regulating the financing of state and local elections in Kentucky.

Visit kref.ky.gov
 

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Newsletters

Keep up-to-date with everything going on inside KLEC!​

​​September​​​​​​​​​​ 2024​ - Newsletter​​

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Contact Phone Numbers

(502) 573-2911 - Emily Dennis, Executive Director
(
502) 573-2863 - Donnita Crittenden, Assistant
​(502) 564-9076 - Lori Smither, Assistant


The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission will hold its next regular meeting, at the Capitol Annex, Room 169, in Frankfort, Ky. on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at ​10:00 a.m. ​

To watch it live click here​.


Open Records Requests

To view the open records request policy for the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission click here​.

To get a copy of the open records request form click here​.

Donnita Crittenden is the official custodian of records at the Commission office, to send an email click here.

What's New?

​KLEC Guidebook may be found here​.

Mailing guidelines for legislators and legislative staff may be found here​.

2024 General Assembly adopts changes in Code of   Legislative Ethics see what's changed​.

KLEC adopted a new opinion on December 12, 2018. To read this opinion click here OLEC 18-01.​

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