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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections; rename Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission as the State Ethics Commission"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to government transparency and campaign finance, so as to rename the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission as the State Ethics Commission; to amend Code Sections 36-62-5 and 37-2-6.1 and Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to development authority directors, officers, compensation, adoption of bylaws, delegation of powers and duties, conflicts of interest, and audits, community service boards, executive director, staff, budget, facilities, powers and duties, and exemption from state and local taxation, and public officers and employees, respectively, so as to provide for cross-references; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 572"
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citation: "Georgia HB 572 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Buddy DeLoach", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Reeves", "Rob Leverett", "Stan Gunter", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-23"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/124387a1-b22c-4e67-87b0-3faf463fa707"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "24f4b09755fa88a0165df765581d994c546e8e75403dc24442c29cf1979347fa"
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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 HB 572 (2023_24) — Elections; rename Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission as the State Ethics Commission
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to government transparency and campaign finance, so as to rename the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission as the State Ethics Commission; to amend Code Sections 36-62-5 and 37-2-6.1 and Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to development authority directors, officers, compensation, adoption of bylaws, delegation of powers and duties, conflicts of interest, and audits, community service boards, executive director, staff, budget, facilities, powers and duties, and exemption from state and local taxation, and public officers and employees, respectively, so as to provide for cross-references; 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. **HB 572/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219456.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 2305/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215892.pdf)
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3. **LC 44 2335S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217114.pdf)
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4. **LC 44 2335S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216941.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #288 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #273 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **30–21** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #178 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **173–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-23** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Act 340 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/124387a1-b22c-4e67-87b0-3faf463fa707`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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