republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-131.md

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Bill	Permanent Guardianship; service by publication; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 13 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to permanent guardianship, so as to provide for service by publication; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 131	Georgia SB 131 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Colton Moore Ed Setzler Greg Dolezal John F. Kennedy Larry Walker, III Marty Harbin Mike Dugan Mike Hodges Rick Williams Shawn Still	5	16	3	2023-02-09	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/21731af1-3b18-4e7b-ac82-5330db148b1e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	83dd8b5a80ded1c8475a8206ef296a97a493b6e7d5fcca3f8e4e1c4c76b74fdb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 131 (2023_24) — Permanent Guardianship; service by publication; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 13 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to permanent guardianship, so as to provide for service by publication; 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. As introduced LC 48 0817 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 48 0856S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 0945S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 131/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #105 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #267 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 165–5 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #289 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-09 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-23 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-02 Act 245 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21731af1-3b18-4e7b-ac82-5330db148b1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).