Bills

SB 2737: BRIBERY; ELECTED OFFICIAL; FAILURE TO REPORT; PECUNIARY BENEFIT

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-03-05

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-03-06: 48 Hrs. Notice 3-10-26.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Establishes the offense of failure to report bribery by a state elected official as a misdemeanor.  Requires a state elected official who knows of or witnesses the conferring, offering, solicitation, or acceptance of a pecuniary benefit in violation of the bribery statute to report the conduct to the Department of the Attorney General, a county prosecuting attorney, a law enforcement agency, the State Ethics Commission, or a county ethics board within sixty days.  Defines "state elected official".  Effective 3/22/2075.  (SD1)

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary8MIN
Feb 24, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary1MIN
Feb 24, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary

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