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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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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 — 171–0 (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).