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GA HB 1235

died on adjournment

Elections; candidates and certain committees that receive more than 50 percent of their funding from non-Georgia persons shall provide certain notices on their campaign advertisements; provide

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Quick answers

Did GA HB 1235 pass?

No. GA HB 1235 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 (2026-02-10): House Second Readers

What is GA HB 1235 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 provide that candidates, campaign committees, independent committees, and leadership committees that receive more than 50 percent of their funding from non-Georgia persons shall provide certain notices on their campaign advertisements; to provide for definitions; to provide that candidates and campaign committees shall provide certain disclosures on their websites with regard to the percentages of out-of-state and in-state funding received by the candidate or campaign committee; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA HB 1235?

Scott Hilton, Martin Momtahan, Matt Reeves and 3 others are the primary sponsors of GA HB 1235.

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 candidates, campaign committees, independent committees, and leadership committees that receive more than 50 percent of their funding from non-Georgia persons shall provide certain notices on their campaign advertisements; to provide for definitions; to provide that candidates and campaign committees shall provide certain disclosures on their websites with regard to the percentages of out-of-state and in-state funding received by the candidate or campaign committee; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2026-02-06
Latest action
2026-02-10 — House Second Readers
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Scott Hiltonprimary
  • Martin Momtahanprimary
  • Matt Reevesprimary
  • Joseph Gullettprimary
  • Tangie Herringprimary
  • Sandy Donatucciprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-06

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2026-02-09

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2026-02-10

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

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