Lobbyists are still the top donors, but they no longer can give lawmakers money while they’re in session.

State lawmakers aren’t raking in a lot of campaign cash during the legislative session anymore, according to recently filed campaign spending reports.

This year, members of the House and Senate reported raising just over $45,000 during the session that ran from mid-January to early May. That’s 10 times less than in previous years and the lowest in at least a decade.

Much of that dropoff could be attributed to a ban on in-session donations from lobbyists, which went into effect last year.

Organizations and individuals lobbying the Legislature still topped the list of donors for the first six months of the year, but those donations primarily came after the session ended.

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