---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; ethics in government; revise definitions; 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 revise definitions; to provide for the method of filing certain disclosure reports; to provide for the method of notifying candidates of late fees due; to eliminate the grace period on certain reports; to provide for the notice of dissolution of a campaign or committee; 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: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 310"
citation: "Georgia HB 310 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Wilkinson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2014-01-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a577114b-bec4-4542-9996-27ac380742b3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dff5c3761c9f7753e9ab2b5074a8d022d0d4118fb3120bcecb80f8d2f3517ac4"
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 310 (2013_14) — Elections; ethics in government; revise definitions; 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 revise definitions; to provide for the method of filing certain disclosure reports; to provide for the method of notifying candidates of late fees due; to eliminate the grace period on certain reports; to provide for the notice of dissolution of a campaign or committee; 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 310/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137607.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6545ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130631.pdf)
3. **LC 28 6643ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133116.pdf)
4. **LC 28 6643ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132366.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 6742ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134318.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 6918-ECS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137395.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-12** House Hopper
- **2013-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-01-13** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-01-14** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2014-01-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-01-14** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-01-17** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2014-01-21** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-01-21** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-01-21** Act 343 `executive-signature`
- **2014-01-21** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a577114b-bec4-4542-9996-27ac380742b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).