Lobbyists have spent a combined $1,630.10 on Floyd County delegates to the Georgia General Assembly since the start of the year.

The information is contained in reports filed by registered lobbyists with the state and available for viewing online through the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission website.

Ethics reform has been a hot topic during the current session, with the Senate passing a rule on the first day of the 40-day calendar to cap lobbyists’ gifts to its members at $100 per day, per lobbyist. That took effect immediately. The House passed its own ethics reform bill last week — HB 142 — that would bar lobbyist gifts to individual lawmakers. It currently sits with the Senate Rules Committee.

While the General Assembly is in session, lobbyists are required to file reports with the state twice a month, on the first and 15th.

Freshman legislator Rep, Eddie Lumsden, R-Armuchee, who represents both Floyd and Chattooga Counties, has had less than $250 spent on him by lobbyists. 

Lumsden had just four lobbyist expenditures reported for the first two months of the year, totaling $124.46.