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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Brooks County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Brooks County; to provide for authorized uses of the proceeds of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 1358"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1358 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John LaHood"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-18"
+last_action: "2026-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca803abc-d438-4025-baca-85a0fc8d3cb3"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "ecd049281193486e8a1632eb23e3bbf5ce3b757266165b950f51ad22f7253e84"
+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 1358 (2025_26) — Brooks County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Brooks County; to provide for authorized uses of the proceeds of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds; 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 1358/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245329.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3904/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243058.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243184.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #569 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #639 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John LaHood — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-18** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Act 561 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca803abc-d438-4025-baca-85a0fc8d3cb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+