REGISTRATION TYPE:  Select one:

•      New Registrant - If the registrant is NOT registered with the Office of the Clerk or the Secretary of the Senate for any lobbying, check 'New Registrant';

•      New Client - If the registrant has an existing registration but wishes to add a new client, click 'New Client';

•      Amendment - If the registrant is amending information relating to this specific registration, check amendment.

LINE 1. EFFECTIVE DATE OF REGISTRATION:  Enter the date that the registrant is retained by the client or first makes a lobbying contact, whichever is earlier. If the effective date is prior to the end of a quarterly reporting period, a lobbying report must be filed detailing the activity for that quarterly period.

LINE 2. HOUSE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: The number to be placed in the House ID field depends on the filing type:

•      New Registrant -- Leave this line blank if this is an initial registration. The House ID will be assigned by the Legislative Resource Center after the registration is processed and will be unique to each registrant-client relationship. After being notified of this number, use it in all correspondence pertaining to this relationship.

•      New Client -- Locate the House ID number for a registration you have previously filed. The first five digits of the House ID for that registration represents your registrant identification. Enter those five digits. Example: A registrant's House ID for an existing client is 323450004. To add a new client, the registrant will enter 32345, the first five digits that identify the registrant. This number is required to complete the filing.

•      Amendment -- Enter the nine-digit number for the specific registration to be amended. This number is required to complete the filing.

LINE 2. SENATE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:  The number to be placed in the Senate ID field depends on the filing type:

•      New Registrant – You must enter the Senate ID number assigned to you when you requested your Senate password.  After being notified of this number, use it in all correspondence pertaining to this relationship.  . This number is required to complete the filing.

•      New Client – Enter the Senate ID assigned to you when you requested your Senate password.  You may also use all of the digits before the hyphen from a previous registration.  This number is required to complete the filing.

•      Amendment -- Enter the entire number for the specific registration to be amended. This number is required to complete the filing.

LINE 3. REGISTRANT NAME AND ADDRESS:  If the registrant is a lobbying firm or an organization employing in-house lobbyists, enter the full legal name, any trade name, and mailing address.  Individual lobbyists do not register unless they are self-employed, in which case they register as firms and indicate their own names, and any trade or business name.  A full address is required to complete the filing.

LINE 4. PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS:  Indicate the city, state, and country of the registrant's principal place of business, if different from the address on line 3.

LINE 5. TELEPHONE NUMBER, CONTACT NAME AND E-MAIL: Enter the telephone number, including area code. Please use the (222)222-2222 or 222-222-2222 format. A US telephone number is preferred. Select the preferred prefix (Mr., Ms. Mrs.), and enter the full name of the person to contact for any questions concerning the registration. Enter the contact e-mail address. A telephone number, contact name and e-mail address in valid format are required to complete the filing.

LINE 6. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S BUSINESS OR ACTIVITIES: Provide a general description of the registrant's business or activities, e.g. "manufacturing," "computer software developer," "law firm," "public relations firm," "self-employed public affairs consultant," "social welfare organization," etc. The business description is required to complete the filing.

LINE 7. CLIENT NAME AND ADDRESS: For an organization lobbying on its own behalf, check the box labeled 'SELF'. When 'Self' is checked, the registrant name is inserted in the client name line. The client address, principal office address and business activity are 'skipped' and the focus moves to Line 10. An error message will be given on an attempt to enter information in those fields.

For a lobbying firm or self-employed lobbyist lobbying on behalf of a client, DO NOT check “Self”. State the name and address of the client. Lobbying firms must file a separate registration for each client. The client address is required in this case.

LINE 8. CLIENT PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: If 'Self' is not checked, indicate the client's principal place of business (city and state and country), if different from line 7.

LINE 9. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF CLIENT'S BUSINESS OR ACTIVITIES: If 'Self' is not checked, provide a general description of the business or activities of the client (see instructions to line 6 for examples). The client address is required in this case.

LINE 10. LOBBYISTS: List the name of each individual who acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist for the client identified on line 7.  If any person listed in this section has served as a "covered executive branch official" or "covered legislative branch official" within twenty years of first acting as a lobbyist for the client, identify that person as a "covered official" and state the executive and/or legislative position in which the person served. Self-employed lobbyists must restate their names on this line and indicate any covered status as described above.

Note:  an individual whose lobbying activities for the client are less than 20% of that individual’s total services to the client (as measured by time spent during any three month period) is not considered a lobbyist.

At least one lobbyist must be listed to complete the filing. If more than five lobbyists are to be listed, complete the first five, then click the blue > button in the right margin labeled 'Go to Page 3 to add more lobbyists’. This will move the focus to the 'Additional Lobbyists' section on Page 3, where six more names may be added. If more than eleven lobbyists are to be listed, go to the bottom of page three, click the orange > button labeled 'Add an additional supplementary information page', and continue adding lobbyists on the next page. When all lobbyists have been entered, click the 'Return to page 2...' button in the right margin to return to Line 11.