The Rhode Island Ethics Commission is reexamining the state's "gift rule."
The ethics panel voted to revisit the rule that currently prohibits any "interested party" from giving a gift that exceeds 25-dollars to a public official.
A government watchdog group petitioned to expand the rule to include lobbyists.
The commission is now tasked with writing new rules that would require public input.
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