---
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).