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    Lobbyist Employment Registrations

    Metadata Updated: April 12, 2026

    This dataset contains annual registration records showing employment relationships between lobbyist firms and their clients. Each record represents one year of registration. When a firm is hired as a subcontractor, use the contractor fields to identify the hiring firm.

    Data Coverage and Limitations: The data set covers that prior 16 years plus the current election year starting 2016. Pre-2016 records are available in the separate “Pre-2016 Lobbyist Employment Registrations” datasets. This is a best-effort compilation that may contain incomplete or incorrect information. Original reports remain accessible for record verification.

    Descriptions attached to this dataset do not constitute legal definitions; please consult RCW 42.17A and WAC Title 390 for legal definitions and additional information regarding political finance disclosure requirements.

    CONDITION OF RELEASE: This publication constitutes a list of individuals prepared by the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission and may not be used for commercial purposes. This list is provided on the condition and with the understanding that the persons receiving it agree to this statutorily imposed limitation on its use. See RCW 42.56.070(9) and AGO 1975 No. 15.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 12, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from WA JSON

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 12, 2026
    Publisher data.wa.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.wa.gov/api/views/xhn7-64im
    Data First Published 2024-12-30
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-10
    Category Politics
    Public Access Level public
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.wa.gov/data.json
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    Harvest Source Id 1c33d1cb-2f69-4f1b-835e-453790f38dc7
    Harvest Source Title WA JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.wa.gov/d/xhn7-64im
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2d72d41652d3507db81deff128fc53acd09ca05d41bffbe880a7475ce26ff331
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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