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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act\"; enact"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 954"
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citation: "Georgia HB 954 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Robert Trammell", "Sharon Cooper", "Stacey Abrams", "Stacey Evans", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-09"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31087830-2842-42f7-b883-55bf9d3e680d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3f995312012d874c85ef1220ffb2f86fc84500d709642faa1432d0ee7cf5b8bc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 954 (2015_16) — "Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act"; enact
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 954/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162185.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 6443ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156948.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 6545S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159016.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 6545S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158610.pdf)
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5. **SCSFA to HB954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161867.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6586S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159927.pdf)
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7. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161850.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **156–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Robert Trammell — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
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- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-09** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-27** Act 486 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31087830-2842-42f7-b883-55bf9d3e680d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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