GA HB 1130
died on adjournmentSafeguarding Election Candidates Using Reasonable Expenditures (SECURE) Act; enact
Georgia · 2025_26 · lower
Quick answers
Did GA HB 1130 pass?
No. GA HB 1130 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-12): House Committee Favorably Reported
What is GA HB 1130 about?
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 specify the time period for a candidate's or campaign committee treasurer's failure to comply with requests for inspection of accounts; provide for penalties for failure to comply with such requests; to provide that certain expenses related to security equipment and services constitute expenses of a campaign; to provide a definition; to provide for the leasing of security equipment; to provide for additional reporting requirements for such expenses; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Who sponsors GA HB 1130?
Devan Seabaugh, Matthew Gambill, Carmen Rice and 3 others are the primary sponsors of GA HB 1130.
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 specify the time period for a candidate's or campaign committee treasurer's failure to comply with requests for inspection of accounts; provide for penalties for failure to comply with such requests; to provide that certain expenses related to security equipment and services constitute expenses of a campaign; to provide a definition; to provide for the leasing of security equipment; to provide for additional reporting requirements for such expenses; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-02
- Latest action
- 2026-02-12 — House Committee Favorably Reported
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Devan Seabaughprimary
- Matthew Gambillprimary
- Carmen Riceprimary
- Buddy DeLoachprimary
- James Burchettprimary
- Tyler Paul Smithprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-02-02
House Hopper
introduction
2026-02-03
House First Readers
reading-1
2026-02-04
House Second Readers
reading-2
2026-02-12
House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable
Versions
- LC 47 3937/aCompare
Documents
Votes
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Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
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