# Georgia SB 177: Government Transparency and Campaign Finance; transparency in foreign funded political activities within the state; provide

Georgia SB 177, Government Transparency and Campaign Finance; transparency in foreign funded political activities within the state; provide, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by John Albers (Republican), Jason Anavitarte (Republican), Lee Anderson (Republican) and 15 others; status failed, last action 2026-03-16 (House Third Readers) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 177
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Government Transparency and Campaign Finance; transparency in foreign funded political activities within the state; provide
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Last action: 2026-03-16, House Third Readers
- Sponsors: John Albers (Republican), Jason Anavitarte (Republican), Lee Anderson (Republican), Timothy Bearden (Republican), Max Burns (Republican), Bill Cowsert (Republican), Clint Dixon (Republican), Steve Gooch (Republican), Marty Harbin (Republican), Billy Hickman (Republican), Mike Hodges (Republican), Randy Robertson (Republican), Ed Setzler (Republican), Shawn Still (Republican), Carden Summers (Republican), Ben Watson (Republican), Sam Watson (Republican), Rick Williams (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Technology and Infrastructure Innovation, Ethics, General Bill
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (163 yes, 100 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Albers (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Jason Anavitarte (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Lee Anderson (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Timothy Bearden (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Max Burns (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Bill Cowsert (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Clint Dixon (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Steve Gooch (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Marty Harbin (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Billy Hickman (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Mike Hodges (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Randy Robertson (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Ed Setzler (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Shawn Still (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Carden Summers (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Ben Watson (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Sam Watson (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Rick Williams (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joseph Gullett (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-16 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 98 | 65 | 7 |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | MOTION TO ENGROSS: SB 177, SB 199 | pass | 29 | 17 | 4 |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | PASSAGE | pass | 36 | 18 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2026-03-16: House Third Readers (House)
- 2026-03-16: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
- 2026-03-12: House Withdrawn, Recommitted (House)
- 2026-02-24: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
- 2025-04-04: House Withdrawn, Recommitted (House)
- 2025-03-31: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
- 2025-03-10: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-03-06: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-03-04: Senate Engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- LC 47 4227S/hrcs (v9): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/245897)

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- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [LC 47 4227S/hrcs (v9) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/245897)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB177-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).