Frontline Policy, an influential Georgia conservative lobbying group, is facing $17,500 in fines in connection with complaints over unregistered lobbying and failing to file more than $380,000 in mandatory disclosure reports.
The fines were announced at last month’s Georgia State Ethics Commission meeting. Frontline was previously fined more than $4,000 by the commission for violating lobbying laws, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Frontline is an evangelical organization that pushes for conservative legislation in the Georgia Capitol. Frontline’s website describes the group as a Christian ministry and “the state’s most impactful Christian, conservative organization.”
Since its founding in 2021, Frontline has touted its role in helping pass legislation, including a ban on transgender girls from girls’ school sports, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act that opponents say allows discrimination and a subsidy program to provide state money for private school tuition for kids in low-performing districts.
But according to the ethics commission’s findings, Frontline skirted the law some of the time it was lobbying legislators.