State Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, is proposing a bill that would, for the first time in Kansas, require contract lobbyists to disclose how much they charge their clients who hire them to lobby.

That was one of five government reform bills that Holland introduced Tuesday in the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee.

Currently, lobbyists who try to influence legislation in the Kansas Statehouse file reports disclosing how much they spend buying food, drinks and entertainment for individual legislators. Those reports, however, have been criticized for showing only part of the picture because they do not include the cost of food and beverages provided at “buffet-style” events where lobbyists invite entire committees, caucuses or even the entire Legislature to attend.

But some open-government advocates have long argued that the “wining and dining” of legislators is only a small part of the overall picture. The real money, they say, is in the amount of money that businesses, associations and other interest groups spend on the lobbyists themselves, just to have a presence in the building.

“My bill requires all contract lobbyists to divulge their clients and how much they’re getting paid by them,” Holland said Tuesday.

According to the National Council of State Legislatures, at least nine other states — Alaska, Arizona, California, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire and New Jersey — require at least some disclosure by contract lobbyists about how much they are charging their clients, or how much the principals of those firms pay their employees to lobby.

Other bills Holland introduced Tuesday include:

• Banning all purchases of food and drink for individual legislators, allowing such purchases only if they are provided to the entire Legislature, and prohibiting gifts of sports or entertainment tickets altogether.

• Prohibiting the three managed care organizations that run the state’s privatized Medicaid system, known as KanCare, from making any political contributions to legislators who serve on the KanCare Oversight Committee.

• Expanding the Kansas Open Records Act to include job applications from anyone seeking an appointment to a public position from the governor.

• Establishing an independent, nonpartisan commission to redraw legislative and congressional district boundaries after each federal census.

Holland said the unifying theme behind each of the proposals is “good government, and open government.”

“That’s why you’re seeing revolt on both sides of the political spectrum,” he said. “People realize the system is rigged for special interests, well monied, well connected. That’s how we get the people’s trust back.”

There was no immediate word Tuesday about whether any of the bills will receive a committee hearing this year.