---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign contributions; disclosure reports; change certain provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to campaign contributions, so as to change certain provisions relating to disclosure reports; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 143"
citation: "Georgia HB 143 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "David Ralston", "Edward Lindsey", "Jan Jones", "Larry O`Neal", "Richard Smith"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-29"
last_action: "2014-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53e56a04-0765-42a4-a720-aaaba2032936"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c822f032d04916644c1b14fc50184610509e86213b11759e706b767e637e7678"
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 143 (2013_14) — Campaign contributions; disclosure reports; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to campaign contributions, so as to change certain provisions relating to disclosure reports; 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 143/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137037.pdf)
2. **LC 25 6148/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128953.pdf)
3. **LC 25 6191S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132268.pdf)
4. **LC 25 6191S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131713.pdf)
5. **LC 28 6805S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136865.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 25 6230S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135527.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- David Ralston — primary (person)
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Larry O`Neal — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-01-29** House Hopper
- **2013-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-03-28** Senate Insisted
- **2013-03-28** House Insisted
- **2013-03-28** House Conference Committee Appointed 146th, 52nd, 40th
- **2013-03-28** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 16th, 48th, 53rd
- **2013-03-28** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2013-03-28** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2013-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 35 `executive-signature`
- **2014-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53e56a04-0765-42a4-a720-aaaba2032936`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).