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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Houston County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Houston County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds to technology uses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1606"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1606 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Danny Mathis", "Heath Clark", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Robert Dickey", "Shaw Blackmon"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-03-28"
+last_action: "2022-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/016831aa-9415-4f9b-aa77-87197a1fd472"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "41e0178882e9fa0d6851c2e668b3d12ce5094d0f46d219c9b1f1f0c3691e16be"
+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 1606 (2021_22) — Houston County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Houston County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds to technology uses; 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 1606/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211733.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 1787/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210608.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210630.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **159–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
+- Heath Clark — primary (person)
+- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-28** House Hopper
+- **2022-03-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-30** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-30** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-30** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-03-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-25** Act 700 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-25** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/016831aa-9415-4f9b-aa77-87197a1fd472`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+