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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Richmond County; Probate 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 Probate Court of Richmond 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 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 837"
+citation: "Georgia HB 837 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Prince", "Karlton Howard", "L.C. Myles", "Lynn Heffner", "Mark Newton"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-25"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a18b32c4-ba93-4de7-834c-13efe33b3c57"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "c5f1333aa115d500b87202bf674b8678feda574eb405c7e102ca6c72b4a51022"
+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 837 (2025_26) — Richmond County; Probate 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 Probate Court of Richmond 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 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 837/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238857.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3533/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237193.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237379.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Prince — primary (person)
+- Karlton Howard — primary (person)
+- L.C. Myles — primary (person)
+- Lynn Heffner — primary (person)
+- Mark Newton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-25** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Act 237 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a18b32c4-ba93-4de7-834c-13efe33b3c57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+