---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pooler, City of; Municipal Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Pooler, approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 3726), as amended, so as to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Municipal Court of the City of Pooler; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the deposit of fees; 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 644"
citation: "Georgia HB 644 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7534461d-1073-448a-8dbe-b819cffd8a2e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a29446ddaa73f828bd655dd978cbfff4107ef8728ca5b521821349a98c08271e"
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 644 (2019_20) — Pooler, City of; Municipal Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Pooler, approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 3726), as amended, so as to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Municipal Court of the City of Pooler; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the deposit of fees; 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 644/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187447.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1193/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185321.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185370.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** House Hopper
- **2019-03-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Act 164 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7534461d-1073-448a-8dbe-b819cffd8a2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).