State lawmakers take a close look at ethics with a joint House-Senate committee meeting.
Of bills tied to ethics already introduced this session, there's one to put caps on the amount that lobbyists could spend entertaining legislators. Currently, there’s no cap so long as the expenditure is reported.
Other legislation would give the state Ethics Commission the power to investigate conflict of interest complaints against lawmakers, who now police their own behavior.
Ethics has been in the spotlight at the Georgia Capitol since House Speaker Glenn Richardson stepped down amid allegations of an affair with a female utility lobbyist.
