Legislative Ethics Board Advisory Opinions
Topic
Campaign Site Use of Legislative Link
Issue/Question
LEB Opinion Issue/Question
May a legislator's campaign site utilize a legislative RSS feed to link the campaign site to legislative documents?
Summary
LEB Opinion Summary
Yes. RCW 42.52.180 (use of public resources to assist a campaign) would not be violated by what is essentially a link to legislative documents. Board opinions do not permit the posting of the document, but a brief description of the document and a link to the document are allowed.
Document
LEB Advisory Opinion Document
Review Outcome and Date
Reviewed in June 2022 and retained. See Advisory Opinion 2021 – No. 1