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Georgia subcommittee advances bill shifting local campaign filings to state, expanding pre‑election complaint moratorium
Summary
A Governmental Affairs subcommittee advanced legislation that would centralize some local campaign filing duties at the state level, expand the pre‑election ethics complaint moratorium from 30 to 60 days and change reporting schedules for campaign committees, PACs and lobbyists.
A Georgia Governmental Affairs subcommittee voted to advance a bill that would move many local campaign filing obligations back to the state, expand the period before an election when ethics complaints may be paused, and change reporting schedules for campaigns, PACs and lobbyists.
Senator Watson, joined by Director Amati of the State Ethics Commission, told the subcommittee the bill would create uniform quarterly disclosure deadlines for candidate campaign committees and move local filing responsibilities to the state beginning Jan. 1, 2027. “This is just trying to provide uniformity in all the reporting and make things easier for folks and streamline things,” Watson said during his presentation.
The proposal would codify a 60‑day moratorium on publicly pursued ethics complaints prior to an election — up from a 30‑day period that currently exists by rule — and keep…
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