With the enactment of Chapter 2005-359, Laws of Florida, Executive Branch lobbyists are no longer required to file bi-annual expenditure reports. Instead, lobbying firms (as defined in the statute and rule) are now required to file quarterly compensation reports, reporting compensation they received from principals in specified ranges. Thus, many of the proposed changes to Chapter 34-12 replace the term “expenditure reports” with “compensation reports,” replace “lobbyists” with “lobbying firms,” list prohibitions and definitions, and describe the process to register as an Executive Branch lobbyist and file compensation reports. Guidance is given on indirect expenditures. Rules that implement the registration process (Rules 34-12.300, 34-12.310, and 34-12.320) are repealed and combined into one rule (34-12.200), and rules that addressed expenditure reporting requirements (Rules 34-12.430, 34-12.440, and 34-12.460) are repealed and replaced with rules implementing the compensation reporting requirements. The automatic fine process for late-filed compensation reports is applied to lobbying firms (not individual lobbyists), and other proposed changes track language in Section 5, Chapter 2005-359, Laws of Florida.