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House committee advances bill to let Ethics Commission seek out-of-state election evidence
Summary
The Georgia House Governmental Affairs committee approved a substitute to allow the Georgia Ethics Commission to perfect subpoenas for out-of-state individuals or vendors with a nexus to Georgia elections, routing enforcement requests through Fulton County superior court when needed.
Representative Todd Jones, chairman of the House Governmental Affairs full committee, introduced LC473421S (referred to in committee as House Bill 414) to give the Georgia Ethics Commission a mechanism to obtain evidence from nonresident vendors who work on Georgia elections.
The measure, presented as a substitute, would define “nonresident” in line with the state’s long-arm framework, enable the commission to seek Superior Court assistance when a nonresident will not comply with an investigatory request, and designate Fulton County as the venue for such actions. The committee approved the substitute by voice vote.
The bill responds to what Jones described as a gap in…
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