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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts; child's right to legal representation in legitimation cases; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the juvenile code, so as to provide for a child's right to legal representation in legitimation cases; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 460"
+citation: "Georgia HB 460 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Deborah Silcox", "Mandi Ballinger", "Matt Reeves"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07d8c5eb-cb76-4548-b3ff-31118183c7e9"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "8b8921bfa65cd47a07e71c17e605b84d8aafaf8443f47125c98083f9919288ff"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 460 (2023_24) — Courts; child's right to legal representation in legitimation cases; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the juvenile code, so as to provide for a child's right to legal representation in legitimation cases; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 460/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218318.pdf)
+2. **LC 48 0823/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215082.pdf)
+3. **LC 48 0870S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216564.pdf)
+4. **LC 48 0870S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215999.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #241 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #125 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beth Camp — primary (person)
+- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
+- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
+- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Act 67 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07d8c5eb-cb76-4548-b3ff-31118183c7e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+