Electronic Filing System
Oregon Government Ethics Commission - Client Registration

Lobbyist Registration

• You cannot register as a lobbyist for your own self-interest activities. You must identify the person/entity on whose behalf you lobby.
• You must submit a registration for each client/employer on whose behalf you will lobby (Note: If you work for a firm that contracts with multiple clients, you must register each client of the firm that you will represent and not the firm itself.)
• The system will generate an invitation via email to your client/employer to accept the registration you have entered. You will be notified by email when the named client/employer accepts or declines the invitation to register.
• If you do not receive the notification, it is your responsibility to contact your client/employer to request that they complete the electronic registration process.
• If the registration invitation is not acted upon within 10 days, it will be canceled.

Please also note the following:

• Upon registration of a client, you will be responsible for taking an annual two hour “Respectful Workplace” Training. Please contact the Legislative Equity Office for training details at https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/leo.
• You will be required to commit to taking an annual training and report your completed “Respectful Workplace” Training details.
• Registrations expire on December 31st of each odd-numbered year. You must renew your registration for each client/employer if you choose to continue your lobbying activity.
• You and your client/employer will be responsible for the timely completion of quarterly expenditure reports due by the 15th of the month following each quarter. There is no grace period.
• Please advise your client/employer of their expenditure report filing responsibilities.
• If you fail to complete expenditure reports in a timely fashion, you will incur penalties at the rate of $10 per day for the first 14 days and $50 per day thereafter to a maximum of $5,000.
• You must file an expenditure report even if there were no expenditures during the reporting period.
• If you wish to end a registration, you must file a termination. Terminations are effective on the date they are filed, not the date you ceased your activity.
• You must file an expenditure report for the time prior to any termination or expiration that falls within the reporting period.

If you have questions, you will find additional information in the Guide to Lobbying on our website or by contacting the Commission as noted below.