---
type: "Bill"
title: "Magistrate Court of Henry County; assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Henry County; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of said technology fee funds; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 518"
citation: "Georgia SB 518 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Emanuel Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-16"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/075b2f37-3fa6-409a-82d9-650008e9a807"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4ee5c44ae40b4ba4ad3e9d08d335b89569bd19c897b1fecd1abe1e56eee90b72"
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 518 (2019_20) — Magistrate Court of Henry County; assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Henry County; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of said technology fee funds; to provide for related matters; 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 47 0537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193623.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194613.pdf)
3. **SB518 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193625.pdf)
4. **SB518/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195084.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **42–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-16** Senate Hopper
- **2020-06-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 399 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/075b2f37-3fa6-409a-82d9-650008e9a807`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).