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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections; \"person\" to include certain nonresidents; revise definition"
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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 government transparency and campaign finance, so as to revise the definition of \"person\" to include certain nonresidents of the state; to provide the State Ethics Commission with supplementary investigatory powers related to persons, documents, or information located outside of the state; to revise venue provisions to address out-of-state persons; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 414"
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citation: "Georgia HB 414 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Buddy DeLoach", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Scott Holcomb", "Stan Gunter", "Todd Jones"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36cdb15d-ca4b-46aa-9ac0-ddf544570b13"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cc7997c429f6077d36cfd5de2944259be10aec36c1da378fe7256a8e10f7787b"
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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 414 (2025_26) — Elections; "person" to include certain nonresidents; revise definition
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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 government transparency and campaign finance, so as to revise the definition of "person" to include certain nonresidents of the state; to provide the State Ethics Commission with supplementary investigatory powers related to persons, documents, or information located outside of the state; to revise venue provisions to address out-of-state persons; 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 414/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242392.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3360/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232283.pdf)
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3. **LC 47 3421S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234001.pdf)
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4. **LC 47 3421S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233151.pdf)
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5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 47 3885S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241296.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #521 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #503 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #97 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–9** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #518 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **29–20** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
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- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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- Todd Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-05** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-02-11** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 438 `executive-signature`
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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/36cdb15d-ca4b-46aa-9ac0-ddf544570b13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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