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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Ethics in Government; leadership committees; chairpersons; such committees may receive contributions and make expenditures; provide"
+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 a definition; to provide for leadership committees; to provide for chairpersons; to provide that such committees may receive contributions and make expenditures; to provide for disposition of assets in certain circumstances; to provide for filings and reports; to provide an exception from contribution limits; to provide for certain notices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "SB 221"
+citation: "Georgia SB 221 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Butch Miller", "Dean Burke", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-22"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ec8bc34-7adf-4703-b0b5-eab4d6432514"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3e9b08d5cc5424cd4890612cda4faf825106e272f3fcb50794b6a92e5689b7fe"
+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 SB 221 (2021_22) — Ethics in Government; leadership committees; chairpersons; such committees may receive contributions and make expenditures; provide
+
+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 a definition; to provide for leadership committees; to provide for chairpersons; to provide that such committees may receive contributions and make expenditures; to provide for disposition of assets in certain circumstances; to provide for filings and reports; to provide an exception from contribution limits; to provide for certain notices; to provide for related matters; 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. **As introduced LC 28 0192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198283.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199011.pdf)
+3. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198979.pdf)
+4. **SB 221/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200856.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 21ST — **5–43** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- Dean Burke — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- John Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
+- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-22** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Act 219 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ec8bc34-7adf-4703-b0b5-eab4d6432514`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+