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type: "Bill"
title: "Government Transparency and Campaign Finance; foreign nationals from contributing to candidates or campaign committees; prohibit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to government transparency and campaign finance, so as to prohibit foreign nationals from contributing to candidates or campaign committees; to prohibit candidates and campaign committees from accepting contributions from foreign nationals; to provide for definitions; to require agents of foreign principals to register with the State Ethics Commissioner; to provide for registration requirements; to require agents of foreign principals to disclose to government agencies and the General Assembly when such agents are advocating on behalf of a foreign principal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 368"
citation: "Georgia SB 368 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Brian Strickland", "Greg Dolezal", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson", "Shawn Still"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8ac0b09-9738-4eb6-80b3-5423d07c6667"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "82da6b6b73fabac49db44ef4852a92f0a315b7c7d33cb405e41ba767a190775b"
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 SB 368 (2023_24) — Government Transparency and Campaign Finance; foreign nationals from contributing to candidates or campaign committees; prohibit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to government transparency and campaign finance, so as to prohibit foreign nationals from contributing to candidates or campaign committees; to prohibit candidates and campaign committees from accepting contributions from foreign nationals; to provide for definitions; to require agents of foreign principals to register with the State Ethics Commissioner; to provide for registration requirements; to require agents of foreign principals to disclose to government agencies and the General Assembly when such agents are advocating on behalf of a foreign principal; to provide for related matters; 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 47 2688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221334.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225487.pdf)
3. **Committee Sub LC 47 2872S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224092.pdf)
4. **SB 368/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228466.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #565 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #733 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #542 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **34–20** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-22** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-07** Veto V12 `executive-veto`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8ac0b09-9738-4eb6-80b3-5423d07c6667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).