---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lee County; Magistrate 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 Magistrate Court of Lee County; 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 related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1436"
citation: "Georgia HB 1436 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Yearta"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa782bfd-2b54-4887-9739-611e2e4f5e49"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d4843b6c33fb6cffa9f0f23999df181b35b3fb1de697b98d5b8b85c8c0e8bd94"
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 1436 (2023_24) — Lee County; Magistrate 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 Magistrate Court of Lee County; 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 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 1436/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228138.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2881/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226158.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226174.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #712 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #665 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Yearta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-29** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 662 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa782bfd-2b54-4887-9739-611e2e4f5e49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).