MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Senate has unanimously approved a bill to establish a state ethics commission.
The legislation is scaled back from the original version.
Vermont is one of few states without an ethics panel.
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Senate Government Operations chairwoman Jeanette White says such a panel is needed because public trust in government has deteriorated over time.
Under the proposal, all statewide candidates and lawmakers would be required to disclose sources of income above $10,000, and to release their income tax returns.
Vermont Public Radio reports (https://bit.ly/2lr6WX5 ) that legislators and top appointed and elected members of the executive branch would be prohibited from lobbying at the Statehouse for at least year after they leave office.
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