---
type: "Bill"
title: "Columbus, City of; Recorder's Court; impose and collect technology fee for each fine imposed"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Recorder's Court of Columbus, Georgia, to impose and collect a technology fee for each fine imposed; to specify the uses to which said technology fees may be put; to provide for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 556"
citation: "Georgia HB 556 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Carolyn Hugley", "Debbie Buckner", "John Pezold", "Richard Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-05"
last_action: "2013-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d707728a-8dac-4342-87b5-b2e82190f485"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "83cdd58a8226c00cdba00f25d83ba9bb1cbb9cc98256a0abab23e90fc43022bb"
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 556 (2013_14) — Columbus, City of; Recorder's Court; impose and collect technology fee for each fine imposed

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Recorder's Court of Columbus, Georgia, to impose and collect a technology fee for each fine imposed; to specify the uses to which said technology fees may be put; to provide for automatic repeal; 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 556/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135400.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2175/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133580.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar 3-13-13 — **164–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- John Pezold — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-03-05** House Hopper
- **2013-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Act 297 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d707728a-8dac-4342-87b5-b2e82190f485`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).