Spotlight PA reported on Grove’s side job and the ethical concerns in its Access Harrisburg newsletter last month. Just done.”While allowed under the state’s lax ethics laws, the arrangement raised concerns among some Democratic colleagues and at least one ethics expert. HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania state lawmaker who is simultaneously leading a trade group that pays a lobbyist to influence state government has announced he will resign at the end of the month. Under state law, lawmakers are allowed to hold outside employment while serving in the General Assembly, even though it’s a full-time legislature. This job doesn’t lobby.”He also said that he had sought an ethics opinion on his situation, but declined to share its ruling.