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type: "Bill"
title: "Guardian and ward; guardian and conservators of minors and adults; revise provisions"
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 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "Georgia HB 70 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Chuck Efstration", "Mary Oliver", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Robert Trammell"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2020-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47c2f137-1030-4b4c-9e35-3a23382519c7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ce13d999d65a75f9dabb9be23114b6d197b991fac394ecb14338b0bce1194f4f"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187556.pdf)
2. **LC 48 0029ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179865.pdf)
3. **LC 48 0038S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182694.pdf)
4. **LC 48 0038S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182000.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HB70** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187251.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 48 0108S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185225.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0455** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186972.pdf)
8. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 48 0005** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187158.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1700** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47c2f137-1030-4b4c-9e35-3a23382519c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).