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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections; provide for waivers of certain civil penalties and fees incurred by candidates for local elected office; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ethics in government, so as to provide for waivers of certain civil penalties and fees incurred by candidates for local elected office; to provide for exceptions; to provide for refunds of certain civil penalties and fees; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 370"
+citation: "Georgia HB 370 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Barry Fleming", "David Wilkerson", "Jay Powell", "Terry England", "Virgil Fludd"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-17"
+last_action: "2016-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3a5b641-a6b3-4b3e-b03a-bc2d52ba6aa4"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "5a92bc13a0f9a1f79ecfbe82af6dc1f1112f19a9e0128621fd685ec6cd883ed4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 370 (2015_16) — Elections; provide for waivers of certain civil penalties and fees incurred by candidates for local elected office; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ethics in government, so as to provide for waivers of certain civil penalties and fees incurred by candidates for local elected office; to provide for exceptions; to provide for refunds of certain civil penalties and fees; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 370/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161621.pdf)
+2. **LC 28 7475ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148230.pdf)
+3. **LC 28 7556ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151213.pdf)
+4. **LC 28 7556ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150814.pdf)
+5. **Sen Ctee sub LC 28 7958S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157620.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 7655S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152037.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **166–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alan Powell — primary (person)
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+- Virgil Fludd — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-17** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-01-11** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-02** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2016-03-02** Senate Tabled
+- **2016-03-07** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2016-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Veto V5 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3a5b641-a6b3-4b3e-b03a-bc2d52ba6aa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+