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For Lobbyists

If you’re engaged in lobbying activities, use these guides to learn how to report  lobbying expenses and access reporting tools.

Important Dates & Deadlines

Primary Election
August 02, 2022
General Election
November 08, 2022
L-2 due
July 15, 2022
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Lobbyist Guide 

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

Lobbyist Guide

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. 

Lobbyist Employer Guide

Grassroots Lobbying Reporting 

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

Grassroots Lobbying Reporting

Public Agency Lobbying Guide 

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

Public Agency Lobbying Guide

Reporting Tips

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

What's NEW in ORCA

04/15/2022

Several new features are rolling out this month for users of ORCA (Online Reporting of Campaign Activity). Here are some of the highlights:

In Contributions You'll find a new web-based user interface for entering monetary, in-kind and anonymous contributions, as well as contribution…

What's NEW in ORCA

04/15/2022

Several new features are rolling out this month for users of ORCA (Online Reporting of Campaign Activity). Here are some of the highlights:

In Contributions You'll find a new web-based user interface for entering monetary, in-kind and anonymous contributions, as well as contribution…

Think twice before you delete your ORCA campaign

01/31/2022

If you’ve created an ORCA campaign and you’re having problems with it, you may think the answer is to delete your ORCA campaign so that you can start over. Please don’t! If you delete your ORCA campaign and use Setup Wizard to replace it, you’ll get a message that the campaign already exists,…

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