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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clayton County; Board of Commissioners; code of ethics and board of ethics; revise and update provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Clayton County Board of Commissioners, approved February 8, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 2064), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 4178), so as to revise and update provisions relating to the code of ethics and the board of ethics; to provide for administrative and support services; to provide for budgetary independence of such board; to provide for returns to grand jury; to provide for examination and approval and failure of such returns; to provide for employment of ethics officer and ethics administrator; to provide for hearings; to provide for petitions; to provide for referral of potential criminal activity to law enforcement; 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 794"
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citation: "Georgia HB 794 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Demetrius Douglas", "Eric Bell", "Rhonda Burnough", "Robert Flournoy", "Sandra Scott", "Yasmin Neal"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-18"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2644011-3163-43e1-b1d0-cf589fa7c1ee"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "66aec4f7bb9d70120ef4da9d5ec321615bcda3df2400aba32b4f1917108f11d8"
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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 794 (2025_26) — Clayton County; Board of Commissioners; code of ethics and board of ethics; revise and update provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Clayton County Board of Commissioners, approved February 8, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 2064), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 4178), so as to revise and update provisions relating to the code of ethics and the board of ethics; to provide for administrative and support services; to provide for budgetary independence of such board; to provide for returns to grand jury; to provide for examination and approval and failure of such returns; to provide for employment of ethics officer and ethics administrator; to provide for hearings; to provide for petitions; to provide for referral of potential criminal activity to law enforcement; 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 794/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238124.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3355/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236314.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236380.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #317 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #339 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
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- Eric Bell — primary (person)
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- Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
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- Robert Flournoy — primary (person)
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- Sandra Scott — primary (person)
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- Yasmin Neal — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-18** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 232 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** 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/e2644011-3163-43e1-b1d0-cf589fa7c1ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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