New Executive Branch Lobbyist Registration System
ATTENTION: EFFECTIVE JULY 17, 2026, to assist the users of our new electronic filing system, the Executive Branch Ethics Commission has extended the July 31, 2026, deadline for filing the Annual Reports, Registrations, and Payment of Fees until September 30, 2026. Fines for late filing will not be applied until October 1, 2026. This extension will allow users additional time for data entry and consultation with EBEC as necessary, but will not change statutory requirements for registrations, updates, and payment of fees. Please begin your filing process immediately to avoid last-minute issues. Thank you for your help as we continue the roll-out of our new system.
Each executive agency lobbyist ('EAL') must process an UPDATE REGISTRATION on their Filer Dashboard from the CIVIX electronic filing system. An executive agency lobbyist engaged by more than one employer or real party in interest will be prompted to check an UPDATE block for each engagement, i.e., for each employer. Employers must ensure that each executive agency lobbyist engaged to represent the employer files their UPDATE REGISTRATION.
When Should You Register?
Each executive agency lobbyist, employer, and, if applicable, real party in interest, is required to file a New Registration within
ten (10) days of the engagement of the executive agency lobbyist. Pursuant to
KRS 11A.211, executive agency lobbyists and employers who fail to register, or who file an incomplete registration, will be afforded the opportunity for correction; however, failure to comply with such opportunity may result in the Commission's initiation of an investigation, and notification to each elected official and the Secretary of each Cabinet listed in
KRS 12.250 of the pending investigation. An employee of a company, entity, or organization must register within 10 days of employment if, upon employment, the task of executive agency lobbying is immediately one (1) of his or her main purposes. In the case of a long-term career employee, that employee must UPDATE their registration within 10 days of their being assigned the role of an executive agency lobbyist on behalf of their employer as one (1) of his or her main purposes.
Where Do You Register?
All New Registrations must be processed on the CIVIX electronic filing system.
How Long is the Registration Valid?
Registration remains valid and “active” until an Executive Agency Lobbyist terminates his or her registration on behalf of his or her employer/real party in interest. Active lobbyists, employers, and real parties in interest are required to electronically process an UPDATE REGISTRATION on an annual basis. Each employer will be responsible for paying the $750 registration fee as prompted by the electronic system.
Following registration, the Executive Agency Lobbyist will be sent, via email, that his request to lobby has been forwarded to the employer for acceptance. Once the employer accepts the registration, a certification card will be sent via email, effective from the date of issuance until the following July 31. Until an executive agency lobbyist electronically files a Termination Registration, the lobbyist and his/her employer and real party in interest are considered "active" and are required to electronically file an Update Registration and pay the registration fee on an annual basis.