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type: "Bill"
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title: "Ethics in government; lobbyists shall acknowledge and agree to abide by sexual harassment policy of General Assembly; provisions"
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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 ethics in government, so as to provide that lobbyists shall acknowledge receiving, reading, and agreeing to abide by the sexual harassment policy of the General Assembly as a condition to lobbyist registration; to provide that violation of the sexual harassment policy by a lobbyist shall be grounds for sanctioning such lobbyist; to provide that complaints regarding violation of the sexual harassment policy of the General Assembly by any lobbyist may be reported to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission by the General Assembly with recommendations for sanctions; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 973"
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citation: "Georgia HB 973 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jan Jones", "Jon Burns", "Randy Nix", "Robert Trammell", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-20"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83471499-d142-4c70-b155-d7b324e7614c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5f2b7cb21d554159ae4316d36b5ab49f71fdcf6c6497501543a4f0e27601b5b7"
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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 973 (2017_18) — Ethics in government; lobbyists shall acknowledge and agree to abide by sexual harassment policy of General Assembly; provisions
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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 ethics in government, so as to provide that lobbyists shall acknowledge receiving, reading, and agreeing to abide by the sexual harassment policy of the General Assembly as a condition to lobbyist registration; to provide that violation of the sexual harassment policy by a lobbyist shall be grounds for sanctioning such lobbyist; to provide that complaints regarding violation of the sexual harassment policy of the General Assembly by any lobbyist may be reported to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission by the General Assembly with recommendations for sanctions; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Randy Nix — primary (person)
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- Robert Trammell — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-20** House Hopper
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- **2018-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Act 493 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/83471499-d142-4c70-b155-d7b324e7614c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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