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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission; change certain provisions"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 142"
citation: "Georgia HB 142 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "David Ralston", "Edward Lindsey", "Jan Jones", "Larry O`Neal", "Richard Smith"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-29"
last_action: "2014-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f370324-ef4a-4b3d-9e61-acd89af8d2d2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ef96b87ff4b4763326c39a1aa8aeabc1f5968e9c6d34fc7eb1942d7c4dca89c3"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137058.pdf)
2. **LC 25 6150/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128952.pdf)
3. **LC 25 6190S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132266.pdf)
4. **LC 25 6190S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131708.pdf)
5. **LC 25 6239S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136874.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 25 6226S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135054.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f370324-ef4a-4b3d-9e61-acd89af8d2d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).