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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Columbus, City of; Recorder's Court; impose and collect technology fee for each fine imposed"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Recorder's Court of Columbus, Georgia, to impose and collect a technology fee for each fine imposed; to specify the uses to which said technology fees may be put; to provide for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 556"
+citation: "Georgia HB 556 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Carolyn Hugley", "Debbie Buckner", "John Pezold", "Richard Smith"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-03-05"
+last_action: "2013-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d707728a-8dac-4342-87b5-b2e82190f485"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "83cdd58a8226c00cdba00f25d83ba9bb1cbb9cc98256a0abab23e90fc43022bb"
+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 556 (2013_14) — Columbus, City of; Recorder's Court; impose and collect technology fee for each fine imposed
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Recorder's Court of Columbus, Georgia, to impose and collect a technology fee for each fine imposed; to specify the uses to which said technology fees may be put; to provide for automatic repeal; 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 556/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135400.pdf)
+2. **LC 21 2175/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133580.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar 3-13-13 — **164–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
+- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
+- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
+- John Pezold — primary (person)
+- Richard Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-03-05** House Hopper
+- **2013-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-07** Act 297 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-07** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d707728a-8dac-4342-87b5-b2e82190f485`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+