republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-297.md

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Bill	Elections; campaign contributions; filing of notices of intention to accept campaign contributions by county/municipal candidates	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to campaign contributions, so as to provide for the filing of notices of intention to accept campaign contributions by county and municipal candidates; to provide that certain candidates may file notice of intent not to accept more than $2,500.00 or expend more than $2,500.00 in the election and be relieved of filing campaign finance disclosure reports; to provide that the acceptance or expenditure of more than those amounts will require the filing of certain reports; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 297	Georgia SB 297 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Butch Miller Cecil Staton Charlie Bethel Earl Carter Frank Ginn Rick Jeffares Steve Gooch	7	19	1	2014-01-17	2014-01-31	openstates	ocd-bill/70c273cd-59b3-4594-9009-80fac5120ed9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f573aaae1b8d59303d28dcaf8af665545626982f1c5ffb1cd2ece21ac3979f28	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 297 (2013_14) — Elections; campaign contributions; filing of notices of intention to accept campaign contributions by county/municipal candidates

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to campaign contributions, so as to provide for the filing of notices of intention to accept campaign contributions by county and municipal candidates; to provide that certain candidates may file notice of intent not to accept more than $2,500.00 or expend more than $2,500.00 in the election and be relieved of filing campaign finance disclosure reports; to provide that the acceptance or expenditure of more than those amounts will require the filing of certain reports; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 6941 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 28 6966S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 28 1287 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor amend 3 (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 297/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 46–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Cecil Staton — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Earl Carter — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-17 Senate Hopper
• 2014-01-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-01-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-01-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-01-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-01-24 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-01-24 Senate Transmitted House
• 2014-01-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-01-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-01-29 House Postponed
• 2014-01-30 House Postponed
• 2014-01-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-01-31 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-01-31 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2014-01-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-01-31 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-01-31 Act 345 executive-signature
• 2014-01-31 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70c273cd-59b3-4594-9009-80fac5120ed9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).