republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-954.md

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Bill	"Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 29 of the O.C.G.A., relating to guardian and ward, so as to enact the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 954	Georgia HB 954 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Chuck Efstration Robert Trammell Sharon Cooper Stacey Abrams Stacey Evans Terry England	7	18	1	2016-02-09	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/31087830-2842-42f7-b883-55bf9d3e680d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3f995312012d874c85ef1220ffb2f86fc84500d709642faa1432d0ee7cf5b8bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 954 (2015_16) — "Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 29 of the O.C.G.A., relating to guardian and ward, so as to enact the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; 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 954/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 6443ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 6545S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6545S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB954 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 33 6586S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 156–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Robert Trammell — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
• Stacey Evans — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-09 House Hopper
• 2016-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-24 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-27 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-27 Act 486 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31087830-2842-42f7-b883-55bf9d3e680d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).