State Ethics Commission; shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; provide
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to government transparency and campaign finance, so as to provide that the State Ethics Commission shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to government transparency and campaign finance, so as to provide that the State Ethics Commission shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; to revise provisions related to reporting income on personal financial disclosure statements for office holders; to provide that the commission shall not publicly release home address information i
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 19, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 20, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 26, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Engrossed · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 4, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 6, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 20, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 31, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 293 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · Jan 1, 2026
The numbers
12
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Watson, SamGooch, SteveBurns, MaxGoodman, RussWilliams, RickKennedy, John F.Anderson, LeeStill, ShawnBrass, MattAnavitarte, JasonRobertson, RandyCannon, Chas
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-31 · yea 167, nay 1, notVoting 3, excused 9
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-04 · yea 55, nay 0, notVoting 0, excused 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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