Earlier this month, the Legislature passed ethics legislation seeking to minimize possible conflicts by prohibiting lawmakers from dealing with state agencies on behalf of private clients.

He was accused of violating a new ethics rule that prohibits lawmakers from swapping pork for votes.

Sharif's Fourteenth Amendment had prohibited legislators and lawmakers from dissenting or voting against their own parties.

The proposal would prohibit lawmakers and staff members from trying to exert partisan influence on hiring decisions.

One potential complication for lobbyists are ethics rules that prohibit lawmakers and their aides from accepting gifts worth more than $50.

He worked on the Ethics Reform Bill to prohibit lawmakers from doing business with the state.

It would also prohibit lawmakers from raising soft money for their political action committees, a politician's individual political fund.

The Constitution prohibits lawmakers from raising or cutting the salaries of elected officials in their current terms.

But if they stay in office beyond 1992, Federal law would prohibit lawmakers from using the money for anything other than expenses related to their campaigns or public duties.

The House has prohibited lawmakers from using electronic gadgets on the floor since 1995, but a subcommittee is reviewing the policy.