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Georgia General Assembly · SB 98 · Senate Date Signed by Governor (Act 283)

Guardian and Ward; county conservators; provide

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Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
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Officially: “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; Read the full text

2025-2026 regular session

What it does

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 conser
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.

Where it is

Senate Hopper · Feb 5, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 6, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 18, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 19, 2025
Senate Third Read · Feb 20, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 20, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 21, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 24, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 13, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 21, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 21, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 283 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025

The numbers

6
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Cowsert, BillStrickland, BrianGinn, FrankWatson, BenKirkpatrick, KayScoggins, Mitchell

Recorded votes

PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-21 · yea 162, nay 0, notVoting 5, excused 13
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-02-20 · yea 50, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Effective Date (Jul 1, 2025).