---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cook County; Probate Court; charge technology fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Cook County; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the termination of said 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 831"
citation: "Georgia HB 831 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Penny Houston"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24bc946e-1a90-4685-802c-b4f833e4fda0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e4d2e0c8321fcbfd494b77a24986ee677c0fffc778112b3b05d9e8186b19b447"
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 831 (2019_20) — Cook County; Probate Court; charge technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Cook County; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the termination of said 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 831/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189653.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0203/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188604.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188661.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **167–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Penny Houston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** House Hopper
- **2020-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 362 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24bc946e-1a90-4685-802c-b4f833e4fda0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).