What the numbers mean, and what they cannot mean.
Every figure comes from the state's own disclosure system — a secretary of state, ethics commission or legislature. Nothing comes from an aggregator.
| State | Compensation | Bill positions |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Contract rate per client | Bills, free text |
| Colorado | Exact compensation, monthly | Bill positions with dates |
| Delaware | Not collected by statute | Bills, with deep links |
| Iowa | Compensation per client | For / Against / Undecided per bill |
| Indiana | Compensation, half-yearly | Topics only |
| Kentucky | Compensation, monthly | Bills, in filings |
| Louisiana | Compensation in bands | Not disclosed |
| Maine | Compensation, monthly | Bills (LD numbers) |
| Minnesota | Aggregate per principal | Subject, June filing only |
| North Dakota | Not collected by statute | Not disclosed |
| Nebraska | Compensation, quarterly | Positions by bill |
| New York | Contract rate per client | Bill and rule identifiers |
| Ohio | Not collected by statute | Bills lobbied, no side |
| Oregon | Compensation, quarterly | Subject only |
| South Carolina | Income per lobbyist-principal | Not in the published report |
| Washington | Exact compensation, monthly | Not disclosed |
Some states name the firm, some name only the individual, and some do both. We keep them apart: a firm page lists the people who filed under it, and a person's page lists the firms they have filed under. Where a state records only an individual, that individual is the registrant and there is no firm to show.
Filings spell the same firm several ways. We fold case, punctuation and legal suffixes such as LLC, and group colleagues who represent substantially the same clients — but we never merge names that merely look alike. Showing one firm twice is a smaller error than merging two real businesses.
Filings get amended and we make mistakes. Write to corrections@lobbyistinsight.com and we will fix it.