Idaho Solons Get Ethics Training

Idaho lawmakers will undergo four hours of ethics training today, in a mandatory session for all 105 senators and representatives. It’s the second straight year the mandatory ethics training has been offered to state lawmakers. “Ethics is more than statute – it’s governed by character,” said Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg. The training session, he said, will “help remind people that we have a high level of responsibility to the public because we have gone out and asked for their trust, and they have given us their trust. So we are held to a very high standard of conduct. We want to remind people of that.” The training comes as Idaho is poised to consider filling a major gap in its disclosure laws – it is currently one of just three states with no personal financial disclosure requirements for legislators or any elected or appointed state official. The only other states lacking such laws are Michigan and Vermont/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: Should Idaho join 47 other states and require personal financial disclosure for legislators or any other elected or appointed state official?