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type: "Bill"
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title: "Ethics in Government; leadership committees; chairpersons; such committees may receive contributions and make expenditures; provide"
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description: "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 for a definition; to provide for leadership committees; to provide for chairpersons; to provide that such committees may receive contributions and make expenditures; to provide for disposition of assets in certain circumstances; to provide for filings and reports; to provide an exception from contribution limits; to provide for certain notices; to provide for related matters; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 221"
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citation: "Georgia SB 221 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Butch Miller", "Dean Burke", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-22"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ec8bc34-7adf-4703-b0b5-eab4d6432514"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3e9b08d5cc5424cd4890612cda4faf825106e272f3fcb50794b6a92e5689b7fe"
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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 221 (2021_22) — Ethics in Government; leadership committees; chairpersons; such committees may receive contributions and make expenditures; provide
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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 for a definition; to provide for leadership committees; to provide for chairpersons; to provide that such committees may receive contributions and make expenditures; to provide for disposition of assets in certain circumstances; to provide for filings and reports; to provide an exception from contribution limits; to provide for certain notices; to provide for related matters; 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 0192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198283.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199011.pdf)
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3. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198979.pdf)
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4. **SB 221/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200856.pdf)
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## Votes
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- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 21ST — **5–43** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — 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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- **2021-02-22** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 219 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/9ec8bc34-7adf-4703-b0b5-eab4d6432514`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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