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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bartow 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 Bartow 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: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 979"
+citation: "Georgia HB 979 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-22"
+last_action: "2024-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0874cc11-8def-4eb0-99d5-03387f62e510"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "92d6909d2149757e86bb18e36e27f308140e2c858d4e54a2c6d6fa4f9ca8dea9"
+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 979 (2023_24) — Bartow 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 Bartow 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 979/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225500.pdf)
+2. **LC 46 0720/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221408.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221484.pdf)
+4. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 46 0792S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224854.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #522 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–2** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #404 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **154–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
+- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-22** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-01-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-02-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Act 443 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0874cc11-8def-4eb0-99d5-03387f62e510`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+