Georgia House Bill 920 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-14 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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 limit the amount of funds that can be transferred from one candidate's campaign account to certain other accounts; to change a certain definition; to prohibit direct or indirect use of contributions for a campaign for a different office; to reduce maximum campaign contributions; to remove provisions regarding automatic increases in the maximum allowable contributions to candidates based on the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor; to provide for a cap on the amount of any gift from a lobbyist to any elected official; to provide for certain restrictions on elected officials and certain staff regarding when such officials and staff may work as a lobbyist; to prohibit lobbyists from giving gifts in excess of a certain value to public officers; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Ethics; campaign funds and contributions; provisions

Rep. Burke Day [R]	Rep. Doug Holt [R]	Rep. DuBose Porter [D]	Rep. Calvin Smyre [D]
Rep. Len Walker [R]	Rep. Wendell Willard [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-14		House Second Readers
2010-01-13		House First Readers

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/29004
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/hb920_LC_14_0145_a_2.htm