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Bill Ethics in government; lobbyists shall acknowledge and agree to abide by sexual harassment policy of General Assembly; 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 provide that lobbyists shall acknowledge receiving, reading, and agreeing to abide by the sexual harassment policy of the General Assembly as a condition to lobbyist registration; to provide that violation of the sexual harassment policy by a lobbyist shall be grounds for sanctioning such lobbyist; to provide that complaints regarding violation of the sexual harassment policy of the General Assembly by any lobbyist may be reported to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission by the General Assembly with recommendations for sanctions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2017_18 HB 973 Georgia HB 973 (2017_18)
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Randy Nix
Robert Trammell
Terry England
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Georgia HB 973 (2017_18) — Ethics in government; lobbyists shall acknowledge and agree to abide by sexual harassment policy of General Assembly; 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 provide that lobbyists shall acknowledge receiving, reading, and agreeing to abide by the sexual harassment policy of the General Assembly as a condition to lobbyist registration; to provide that violation of the sexual harassment policy by a lobbyist shall be grounds for sanctioning such lobbyist; to provide that complaints regarding violation of the sexual harassment policy of the General Assembly by any lobbyist may be reported to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission by the General Assembly with recommendations for sanctions; 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.

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1710 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jan Jones — primary (person)
  • Jon Burns — primary (person)
  • Randy Nix — primary (person)
  • Robert Trammell — primary (person)
  • Terry England — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-20 House Hopper
  • 2018-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2018-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2018-02-23 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-28 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2018-02-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2018-03-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2018-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2018-03-27 Senate Engrossed passage
  • 2018-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2018-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2018-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2018-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2018-05-08 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2018-05-08 Act 493 executive-signature
  • 2018-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83471499-d142-4c70-b155-d7b324e7614c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).