PITTSBURGH One Pennsylvania legislator is taking a third swing at increasing transparency about lawmakers' work, income and possible conflicts.

"We're at the bottom of the barrel right now," in terms of how much peopletrust government, state Rep. Tony DeLuca, D-Allegheny, told Watchdog.org."We're down there with the attorneys," he jokingly added.Pennsylvania has a "full-time" legislature and pays lawmakers as such yet more than half have second jobs or outside income. DeLuca wants to both limit outside pay and require disclosure of not just where folks are getting income from, but also how much.DeLuca's House Bill 566, would amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to limit the amount of outside earned income members of the General Assembly may receive. It would limit such income to 35 percent of base salary, for a total of more than$110,000."Nobody asks you to run for these offices. You know what the pay is, you know what the benefits are," DeLuca said as he announced his legislation. "And if you're not satisfied, don't take it.""Ladies and gentlemen, we are full-time legislators, being paid by the people for full-time work. The only clock we should be punching is one for our constituents," he added.According to a 2014 report by the National Conference of State Legislatures, Pennsylvania is one of only three states with a "deluxe" legislature: full-time, well-paid and with a large staff.DeLuca is working on his 32nd year in the House. Before that, he worked in the family business "a small superette" which he said had been his father's for 42 years. He said the store had a "formula for Italian sausage that they came from all over for."Now, though, "I like working for the people."TransparencyDeLuca isn't alone in his call for greater transparency. The bill has eight co-sponsors: five Democrats and three Republicans. Rep. Thomas Murtis one of those Republicans. He represents portions of Montgomery and Philadelphia counties.Murt summarized his support to Watchdog easily: "in one word, transparency. I believe we owe it to our constituents to be 100 percent transparent."The second bill, House Bill 567, adds to public officials' and employees' disclosures in the annual statements of financial interests required under the state ethics law. The disclosures bill has 16 co-sponsors, 11 other Democrats and fiveRepublicans. Murt co-sponsored this bill, as well.Currently, people have to provide only the name and address of any "direct or indirect source of income" totaling $1,300 or more. The bill would also require disclosing the amount."If you have nothing to hide, put it on your financial disclosure and allow your constituents or independent citizens of Pennsylvania" to take a look, Murt said. And voters have a right to know whether someone is a "bona fide full-time rep or not."InDecember, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette analyzed lawmakers' most recent financial interest statements and found that more than half in each chamber had "second jobs or other outside financial interests.""Lawmakers with natural-gas leases have voted on legislation affecting Marcellus shale development. A senator who sat on the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee voted on a bill resulting from a composting project in which his company played a role. Two lawmakers who own funeral homes have been depicted as standing in the way of a funeral industry overhaul."The story has a helpful widget, and readers can sort by county and party to see what outside interests their own legislators may have.Full-time serviceThe editorial boards of the Post-Gazette and Scranton's Times-Tribune have already thrown their support behind DeLuca's bills."Taxpayers provide lawmakers with a nice living; they deserve full-time, uncorrupted service in return," the Post-Gazette notes.The first bill will take a constitutional amendment. An amendment must pass both houses of the General Assembly twice, in consecutive sessions and then be approved by the public.Murt said he thinks his fellow legislators will support it."I really believe that the legislation is a reasonable approach to affording both transparency and a level of confidence in the integrity of our elected officials and state government."Both bills were referred to the House Committee on State Government on Feb.26 but have not come up for a vote.If it doesn't get out of committee, or lawmakers don't vote for it, DeLuca said, "their constituents will judge them."This isn't the first time DeLuca tried to pass this bill, but he's hoping this time it will find success.His primary bill did not come up for a full vote in either of the two prior sessions he introduced it."A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled," Sir Barnett Cocks, a Clerk ofthe House of Commons, once famously said.Some legislators are strategic in their "support" of certain bills.DeLuca said lawmakers will sometimes say, "I'll vote for it when it comes out of committee," knowing it will never escape its committee.DeLuca is still making another attempt with two bills he thinkswill "instill (trust) back in our government" by making it more transparent.