The Integrity in Public Life (Amendment) Bill, 2025, was successfully passed in the National Assembly on March 21^st.

Amendments include: the alignment of declaration filing dates for both the Saint Kitts and the Nevis Integrity Commissions, ensuring that individuals such as the Premier and Leader of the Opposition are no longer required to file separate declarations with two different commissions. The revised law also refines definitions, strengthens financial disclosure requirements and extends the Integrity Commission’s discretion to grant deadline extensions under justified circumstances.

Additional amendments call for the list of public officials obligated to file declarations expanded to include directors at the K40 level and above, as well as other senior public positions such as the Cabinet Secretary. Oversight responsibilities have also been streamlined, with certain Nevis-based entities now falling solely under the jurisdiction of the Nevis Integrity Commission.

Persons in key positions of Government (such as Ministers of Government, Permanent Secretaries) are required to file their respective declarations of Income, Assets, and Liabilities, under the Integrity in Public Life (IPL) Act. This is in an effort to eliminate corruption for persons holding public office positions in the Federation.

Two new Integrity Commissioners have also been appointed and will take their oaths of office, replacing the outgoing commissioners, Carol Boddie and Dennis Knight.