---
type: "Bill"
title: "Columbus, City of; Recorder's Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Recorder's Court of Columbus, Georgia; 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 automatic repeal; 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 1281"
citation: "Georgia HB 1281 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn Hugley", "Debbie Buckner", "Tremaine Reese", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1eef1b7-ff20-4285-8064-ab457e859cec"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a57bc3e23b43cc382b15b6cae64ee5bf742be30db13402458d3b2a2cf0c8e9f6"
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 1281 (2023_24) — Columbus, City of; Recorder's Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Recorder's Court of Columbus, Georgia; 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 automatic repeal; 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 1281/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227211.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2788/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224170.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224213.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #646 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #585 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Tremaine Reese — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** 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 535 `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/a1eef1b7-ff20-4285-8064-ab457e859cec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).