republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-446.md

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Bill	Guardian and ward; proposed ward who resided in another state prior to submission of guardianship or conservatorship petition for such proposed ward; provide certain additional notice requirements	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 certain additional notice requirements for a proposed ward who resided in another state prior to the submission of a guardianship or conservatorship petition for such proposed ward; to require disclosure in petitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 446	Georgia HB 446 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Allen Peake Edward Lindsey Karla Drenner Sharon Cooper Terry England Wendell Willard	2	17	1	2013-02-21	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/80885901-387b-43e1-8d8d-276d911c52ee	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	17d530094fb12bc5959734c99e24de3c2664c8c1cefbaca1f16364c3282511b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 446 (2013_14) — Guardian and ward; proposed ward who resided in another state prior to submission of guardianship or conservatorship petition for such proposed ward; provide certain additional notice requirements

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 certain additional notice requirements for a proposed ward who resided in another state prior to the submission of a guardianship or conservatorship petition for such proposed ward; to require disclosure in petitions; 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 446/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 5026/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 162–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Allen Peake — primary (person)
• Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
• Karla Drenner — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 House Hopper
• 2013-02-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-01 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-01 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2013-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2013-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-07 Act 285 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80885901-387b-43e1-8d8d-276d911c52ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).