A midstate senator said Monday that he plans to hire a private investigator to examine the recent failure of a lobbyist for a major film company to register under Pennsylvania’s new lobbyist disclosure law.

Sen. Jeffrey Piccola, R-Dauphin County, said the probe launched under the auspices of the Senate State Government Committee will help determine if the law, which took effect this year, needs more teeth. Piccola chairs the committee…

Capitolwire.com last month reported at least one filmmaker, Lionsgate Films, did not register as having retained paid lobbyists to push for the bill. Capitolwire also reported a Pittsburgh woman failed to register as a lobbyist for the company.