Any person has the right to contact his or her State Representative or State Senator to express views about matters that are or could be before the Legislature.
Any person can appear as a witness before a legislative committee.
Such activities do not, by themselves, make it necessary for a person to register as a lobbyist. There are a few limited exceptions, for example, for news organizations. Within 5 days of engaging in activities as described above a person should register with the Missouri Ethics Commission on a form provided by the commission. It is called the Lobbyist Registration and Updating Statement .