republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-70.md

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Bill	Guardian and ward; guardian and conservators of minors and adults; revise provisions	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 revise provisions relating to guardians and conservators of minors and adults; to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to make conforming revisions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 70	Georgia HB 70 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Barry Fleming Chuck Efstration Mary Oliver Mitchell Scoggins Robert Trammell	8	18	1	2019-01-28	2020-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/47c2f137-1030-4b4c-9e35-3a23382519c7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ce13d999d65a75f9dabb9be23114b6d197b991fac394ecb14338b0bce1194f4f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 70 (2019_20) — Guardian and ward; guardian and conservators of minors and adults; revise provisions

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 revise provisions relating to guardians and conservators of minors and adults; to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to make conforming revisions; 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 70/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 0029ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 0038S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 0038S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB70 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 48 0108S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0455 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 2 AM 48 0005 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 170–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
• Robert Trammell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28 House Hopper
• 2019-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-01-30 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-29 Senate Tabled
• 2019-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2019-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2019-04-12 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Act 233 executive-signature
• 2020-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47c2f137-1030-4b4c-9e35-3a23382519c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).