---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probate Court of Johnson County; authorize to charge a technology fee for civil case filed and criminal fine imposed"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Probate Court of Johnson County to charge a technology fee for each civil case filed 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: "SB 344"
citation: "Georgia SB 344 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Stone"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-03"
last_action: "2014-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e3575da-d221-4cdf-901b-81c8f9a486c2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "818a05101b66c5248927c1301a200861ec73e7964191770fa3e6a40e1faf004e"
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 (2013_14) — Probate Court of Johnson County; authorize to charge a technology fee for civil case filed and criminal fine imposed

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Probate Court of Johnson County to charge a technology fee for each civil case filed 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. **As introduced LC 21 2261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138744.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139986.pdf)
3. **SB 344 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138789.pdf)
4. **SB 344/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143212.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jesse Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-03** Senate Hopper
- **2014-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-06** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2014-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-10** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Act 464 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e3575da-d221-4cdf-901b-81c8f9a486c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).