Lobbyist Guide 

Your guide to the who, what, and when of reporting  lobbying activities—from registration and reporting to advertising and restrictions.  

Lobbyist Employer Guide

Your guide to approving your lobbyist’s registration and reporting your annual expenses — as well as important rules and restrictions for making campaign contributions, advertising, and more. 

Grassroots Lobbying Reporting

Your guide to reporting grassroots lobbying activities and who must report. 

Public Agency Lobbying Guide 

Does your public agency engage in lobbying? This guide is for you.

Reporting Tips

Check out the latest updates on reporting tools and resources — as well as timely reporting tips.

09/12/2024

Filers: The PDC's ORCA online filing system now allows you to amend contribution reports, or C-3s, to show zero contributions.  

The software still does not allow you to file a report for the first time showing zero receipts (if you have no receipts, you don't need to file a C-…

07/26/2024

The Public Disclosure Commission will launch a new online reporting method for out-of-state political committee reports (C-5) on Aug. 6.  

The PDC will no longer accept the paper forms as of that date. State law requires PDC reports to be filed electronically when the agency…

06/25/2024

As part of the Public Disclosure Commission’s ongoing effort to redesign its online lobbying reporting system, the agency today launched a new lobbying reporting dashboard.

The new dashboard display allows filers to submit lobbyist registrations (L-1), monthly lobbying reports (L-2) and…