republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-142.md

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Bill	Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission; change certain provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ethics in government, so as to change certain provisions relating to powers and duties of the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission; to change certain provisions relating to definitions relative to public officers' conduct and lobbyist disclosure; to change certain provisions relating to lobbyist registration requirements, application for registration, supplemental registration, expiration, docket, fees, identification cards, public rosters, and exemptions; to regulate certain contact between lobbyists and members of the General Assembly and the making or acceptance of certain expenditures; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 142	Georgia HB 142 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Calvin Smyre David Ralston Edward Lindsey Jan Jones Larry O`Neal Richard Smith	6	24	1	2013-01-29	2014-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9f370324-ef4a-4b3d-9e61-acd89af8d2d2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ef96b87ff4b4763326c39a1aa8aeabc1f5968e9c6d34fc7eb1942d7c4dca89c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 142 (2013_14) — Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ethics in government, so as to change certain provisions relating to powers and duties of the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission; to change certain provisions relating to definitions relative to public officers' conduct and lobbyist disclosure; to change certain provisions relating to lobbyist registration requirements, application for registration, supplemental registration, expiration, docket, fees, identification cards, public rosters, and exemptions; to regulate certain contact between lobbyists and members of the General Assembly and the making or acceptance of certain expenditures; 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 142/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 25 6150/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 25 6190S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 25 6190S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 25 6239S/CCR (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 25 6226S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 164–4 (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
• 2013-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-22 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2013-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-22 Senate Transmitted House
• 2013-03-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2013-03-25 Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
• 2013-03-25 House Insisted
• 2013-03-25 House Conference Committee Appointed 146th, 40th, 5th
• 2013-03-25 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 16th, 48th, 53rd
• 2013-03-28 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2013-03-28 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2013-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 134 executive-signature
• 2014-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f370324-ef4a-4b3d-9e61-acd89af8d2d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).