---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardian and ward; petition for appointment of temporary guardian of minor filed in probate court may be transferred to juvenile court; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 29 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to guardian and ward, so as to provide for when a petition for the appointment of a temporary guardian of a minor filed in the probate court may be transferred from the probate court to the juvenile court; to revise the assessment of certain costs, compensation, fees, and expenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 464"
citation: "Georgia HB 464 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Rick Williams", "Rob Leverett", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd926079-040d-4d3a-b87d-55d535f13231"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1fbd452e6b70d24fb47e345f4ae94070f460121e76fb42ac82c4618c5fa82486"
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 464 (2021_22) — Guardian and ward; petition for appointment of temporary guardian of minor filed in probate court may be transferred to juvenile court; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 29 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to guardian and ward, so as to provide for when a petition for the appointment of a temporary guardian of a minor filed in the probate court may be transferred from the probate court to the juvenile court; to revise the assessment of certain costs, compensation, fees, and expenses; 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 464/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210635.pdf)
2. **LC 41 2891/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197721.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **163–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-16** House Hopper
- **2021-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-10** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 742 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd926079-040d-4d3a-b87d-55d535f13231`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).