1st Quarter - Report

COVINO SMITH & SIMON (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.) for SALT LAKE CITY UT

Firm
Client
Income
$18,673
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

10 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER COVINO —
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN —
IVONNE HERNANDEZ LOPEZ —
SOMMER SIVICHANE SISON New —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Housing HOU

Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds, expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), and protecting appropriations for key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investments Partnership Program, and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER COVINO —
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN —
IVONNE HERNANDEZ LOPEZ —
SOMMER SIVICHANE SISON New —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER COVINO —
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN —
IVONNE HERNANDEZ LOPEZ —
SOMMER SIVICHANE SISON New —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Railroads RRR

Reinstatement of the Woods Cross Quiet Zone by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER COVINO —
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN —
IVONNE HERNANDEZ LOPEZ —
SOMMER SIVICHANE SISON New —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Tourism and economic development

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER COVINO —
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN —
IVONNE HERNANDEZ LOPEZ —
SOMMER SIVICHANE SISON New —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Maintaining federal investments for emergency management, resiliency activities, watershed management, and wildfire and hazard mitigation activities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Forest Service, Department of Interior (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Support for the reclassification of 911 telecommunications dispatchers as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification System;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER COVINO —
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN —
IVONNE HERNANDEZ LOPEZ —
SOMMER SIVICHANE SISON New —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Homeland Security HOM

Maintaining federal investments for emergency management, resiliency activities, watershed management, and wildfire and hazard mitigation activities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Forest Service, Department of Interior (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER COVINO —
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN —
IVONNE HERNANDEZ LOPEZ —
SOMMER SIVICHANE SISON New —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Transportation TRA

Local transportation projects

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER COVINO —
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN —
IVONNE HERNANDEZ LOPEZ —
SOMMER SIVICHANE SISON New —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Support for federal water infrastructure investments from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER COVINO —
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN —
IVONNE HERNANDEZ LOPEZ —
SOMMER SIVICHANE SISON New —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Government Issues GOV

White House Memorandum M-13-25 and Executive Orders instructing federal agencies to pause disbursement or obligation of federal financial assistance

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER COVINO —
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN —
IVONNE HERNANDEZ LOPEZ —
SOMMER SIVICHANE SISON New —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.