---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County; State 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 State Court of Washington 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 technology uses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 596"
citation: "Georgia HB 596 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mack Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13181a99-4630-4616-b1cf-3a49d09fff0e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4f7d2ba3a722b6f68abc9e939130c8da30d71878c8f732904b0ef01347d3b488"
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 596 (2019_20) — Washington County; State 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 State Court of Washington 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 technology uses; 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 596/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186306.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9199/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184276.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184277.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mack Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-11** House Hopper
- **2019-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Act 128 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13181a99-4630-4616-b1cf-3a49d09fff0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).