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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Probate Court of Crawford County; assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Crawford 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: "SB 344"
+citation: "Georgia SB 344 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John F. Kennedy"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-19"
+last_action: "2025-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a5d4836-71ea-435a-a0a2-3174caeec496"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "feb2068d9b26743b3c5b7b05295efdfffb7a62ad5da680ae61e3c73906a21510"
+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 SB 344 (2025_26) — Probate Court of Crawford County; assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Crawford 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237539.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 62 0173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236553.pdf)
+3. **SB 344 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236556.pdf)
+4. **SB 344/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239150.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #291 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #377 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-19** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-30** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-30** Act 39 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-30** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a5d4836-71ea-435a-a0a2-3174caeec496`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+