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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections; campaign contributions; filing of notices of intention to accept campaign contributions by county/municipal candidates"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "SB 297"
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citation: "Georgia SB 297 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Cecil Staton", "Charlie Bethel", "Earl Carter", "Frank Ginn", "Rick Jeffares", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2014-01-17"
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last_action: "2014-01-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70c273cd-59b3-4594-9009-80fac5120ed9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f573aaae1b8d59303d28dcaf8af665545626982f1c5ffb1cd2ece21ac3979f28"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 297 (2013_14) — Elections; campaign contributions; filing of notices of intention to accept campaign contributions by county/municipal candidates
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 28 6941** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137605.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138092.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 28 6966S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137796.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1 AM 28 1287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138108.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138127.pdf)
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6. **Floor amend 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138220.pdf)
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7. **SB 297/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138552.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **46–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Cecil Staton — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- Earl Carter — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-01-17** Senate Hopper
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- **2014-01-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-01-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-01-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2014-01-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-01-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-01-24** Senate Transmitted House
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- **2014-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2014-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-01-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-01-29** House Postponed
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- **2014-01-30** House Postponed
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- **2014-01-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-01-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-01-31** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
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- **2014-01-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-01-31** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-01-31** Act 345 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-01-31** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70c273cd-59b3-4594-9009-80fac5120ed9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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