---
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).