---
type: "Bill"
title: "Griffin, City of; Municipal Court; charge technology fee for each civil case and criminal fine imposed; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Municipal Court of the City of Griffin to charge a technology fee for each civil case and criminal fine imposed; to specify the uses to which such technology fees may be put; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 583"
citation: "Georgia HB 583 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "John Yates"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-12"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c30740b9-5097-4722-a8c0-0a845eb624f9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0c95ff43931db0c4d669e620b2c70d467248048b9f2ca44ee751f2347a7caac7"
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 583 (2013_14) — Griffin, City of; Municipal Court; charge technology fee for each civil case and criminal fine imposed; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Municipal Court of the City of Griffin to charge a technology fee for each civil case and criminal fine imposed; to specify the uses to which such technology fees may be put; to provide an effective date; 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 583/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136978.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6489ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134188.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 6791ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135573.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Knight — primary (person)
- John Yates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-12** House Hopper
- **2013-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Act 300 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c30740b9-5097-4722-a8c0-0a845eb624f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).