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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Ethics Commission; shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; 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 government transparency and campaign finance, so as to provide that the State Ethics Commission shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; to revise provisions related to reporting income on personal financial disclosure statements for office holders; to provide that the commission shall not publicly release home address information in its possession; to revise lobbyist reporting requirements to make the reporting dates for such requirements more uniform; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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: "SB 199"
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citation: "Georgia SB 199 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)", "ELECTIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jason Anavitarte", "John F. Kennedy", "Lee Anderson", "Matt Brass", "Max Burns", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson", "Shawn Still", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2026-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a4477bd-ed40-4bc5-be0c-55689c10b11b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "53054d620abccb944f413413e7a1616cfe39e4e14112fa3dac40338f5365ff56"
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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 199 (2025_26) — State Ethics Commission; shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; 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 government transparency and campaign finance, so as to provide that the State Ethics Commission shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; to revise provisions related to reporting income on personal financial disclosure statements for office holders; to provide that the commission shall not publicly release home address information in its possession; to revise lobbyist reporting requirements to make the reporting dates for such requirements more uniform; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235049.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 47 3331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232874.pdf)
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3. **Committtee Sub LC 47 3472S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233766.pdf)
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4. **SB 199/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238563.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #140 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #136 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **29–17** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #366 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — 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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- **2025-02-19** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 293 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-01-01** 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/8a4477bd-ed40-4bc5-be0c-55689c10b11b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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