Guardian and Ward; county conservators; provide
Summary
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 county conservators generally; to provide for respective rights and responsibilities of county conservators and county guardians; to provide that county administrators shall serve as ex officio county conservators; to make conforming changes; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for the change of designation of county guardian to county conservator by operation of law under certain circumstances and subject to an exception; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 5, 2025
Signed May 14, 2025
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SB 98/AP*
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The bill text was updated to reflect its passage through the Senate, changing the version identifier from 'LC 57 0226S (SCS)' to 'SB 98/AP' and updating the status from 'AS PASSED SENATE' to 'AS PASSED'. These are administrative updates tracking the bill's legislative journey rather than substantive policy changes.
TECHNICAL
Version identifier changed from 'LC 57 0226S (SCS)' to 'SB 98/AP' to reflect the bill's current stage in the legislative process.
Status label updated from 'AS PASSED SENATE' to 'AS PASSED' to indicate the bill has been approved by the Senate chamber.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 20, 2025 · House Mar 21, 2025
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 55
Feb 20, 2025
D
Democratic22
81% Yea
R
Republican33
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Act 283
upper
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Watson
RRepublican
P
Bill Cowsert
RRepublican
P
Brian Strickland
RRepublican
P
Frank Ginn
RRepublican
P
Kay Kirkpatrick
RRepublican
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