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type: "Bill"
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title: "Guardian and ward; payment of certain settlements involving claims of minors; clarify and revise procedures and requirements"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 29, Chapter 4 of Title 51, and Article 6 of Chapter 6 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to guardian and ward, wrongful death, and bond, respectively, so as to clarify and revise procedures and requirements for the payment of certain settlements involving claims of minors; to revise and provide for definitions; to revise when the natural guardian or next friend of a minor may receive the personal property of a minor for certain purposes; to revise certain bond requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 620"
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citation: "Georgia HB 620 (2021_22)"
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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", "Mary Oliver", "Matthew Wilson", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Rob Leverett"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-24"
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last_action: "2022-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f7406a8-10ef-488e-a17f-c18ce56795d7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2282328343bdf0c8081feaa7bf4c7826d7ad45c8c2acdb68ba188ff4c54a499d"
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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 620 (2021_22) — Guardian and ward; payment of certain settlements involving claims of minors; clarify and revise procedures and requirements
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 29, Chapter 4 of Title 51, and Article 6 of Chapter 6 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to guardian and ward, wrongful death, and bond, respectively, so as to clarify and revise procedures and requirements for the payment of certain settlements involving claims of minors; to revise and provide for definitions; to revise when the natural guardian or next friend of a minor may receive the personal property of a minor for certain purposes; to revise certain bond requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 620/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211740.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 2979/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198615.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 3053S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199745.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 3053S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199277.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 3095S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200271.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 3213S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209897.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
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- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
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- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-24** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-10** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-04-01** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-02** Act 745 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-02** 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/1f7406a8-10ef-488e-a17f-c18ce56795d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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