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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 23-530

THE COURTS

Title 204—JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART V. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT

[204 PA. CODE CH. 81]

Order Amending Rule 1.19 of the Rules of Professional Conduct; No. 232 Disciplinary Rules Docket

[53 Pa.B. 2162]
[Saturday, April 22, 2023]

Order

Per Curiam

 And Now, this 11th day of April, 2023, upon the recommendation of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the proposal having been submitted without publication in the interests of justice and efficient administration pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(a)(3),

 It Is Ordered pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that Rule 1.19 of the Rules of Professional Conduct is amended in the attached form.

 This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. 103(b) and shall be effective immediately.

 Justice Donohue notes her dissent.

 Additions to the rules are shown in bold and are underlined.

 Deletions from the rules are shown in bold and in brackets.

Annex A

TITLE 204. JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART V. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT

Subpart A. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

CHAPTER 81. RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Subchapter A. RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

§ 81.4. Rules of Professional Conduct.

 The following are the Rules of Professional Conduct:

CLIENT-LAWYER RELATIONSHIP

Rule 1.19. Lawyers Acting as Lobbyists.

 (a) A lawyer acting as lobbyist, as defined in any statute, resolution passed or adopted by either house of the Legislature, regulation promulgated by the Executive Branch or any agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or ordinance enacted by a local government unit, shall comply with all regulation, disclosure, or other requirements of such statute, resolution, regulation or ordinance which are consistent with the Rules of Professional Conduct.

 (b) Any disclosure of information relating to representation of a client made by the lawyer-lobbyist in order to comply with such statute, resolution, regulation or ordinance is a disclosure explicitly authorized to carry out the representation and does not violate Rule 1.6.

 (c) A lawyer whose service as a public officer or public employee of a governmental body concludes on or after June 1, 2023, shall not act as a lobbyist, as defined in any statute, resolution passed or adopted by either house of the Legislature, regulation promulgated by the Executive Branch or any agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or ordinance enacted by a local government unit, on any matter before the governmental body with which the lawyer had been associated for one year after termination of the lawyer's service as a public officer or public employee.

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[Pa.B. Doc. No. 23-530. Filed for public inspection April 21, 2023, 9:00 a.m.]


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