The state Ethics Commission on Feb. 11 took the first step toward strengthening the so-called “gift rule” to ban lobbyists from giving gifts over $25 to state employees.
Rhode Island now bans gifts over $25 to state employees from people who might benefit from a relationship with them, but lobbyists are not included in the definition.
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The panel agreed to consider the proposal from Common Cause Rhode Island, a good-government group. Common Cause made the proposal in response to a since-rescinded state education contract to a business with ties to a nonprofit that Gov. Daniel J. McKee received free consulting services from.
McKee denied steering the $5.2 million contract to the ILO Group, which was formed within days of McKee taking office.
Attorney General Peter F. Neronha on Oct. 29 announced that a yearslong probe into McKee’s role in the awarding of the contract ended with no charges.
