---
type: "Bill"
title: "Barwick, City of; municipal court to collect a technology fee; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Barwick, approved April 26, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3699), so as to authorize the municipal court to collect a technology fee; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1189"
citation: "Georgia HB 1189 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chas Cannon", "Darlene Taylor", "John LaHood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/312f0774-6eec-4fcf-b3e0-e9a8544470e0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e2127e078e48e1d021965697cb17126f6ded80c6748938a7c6a70947b1b2bae8"
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 1189 (2023_24) — Barwick, City of; municipal court to collect a technology fee; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Barwick, approved April 26, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3699), so as to authorize the municipal court to collect a technology fee; 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 1189/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225501.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2737/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223349.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223388.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #541 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #482 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- John LaHood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-15** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2024-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Act 527 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/312f0774-6eec-4fcf-b3e0-e9a8544470e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).