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type: "Bill"
title: "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"
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 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 446"
citation: "Georgia HB 446 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen Peake", "Edward Lindsey", "Karla Drenner", "Sharon Cooper", "Terry England", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80885901-387b-43e1-8d8d-276d911c52ee"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "17d530094fb12bc5959734c99e24de3c2664c8c1cefbaca1f16364c3282511b0"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137097.pdf)
2. **LC 33 5026/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131838.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1620** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80885901-387b-43e1-8d8d-276d911c52ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).