---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carrollton, City of; Municipal Court; charge technology fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Municipal Court of the City of Carrollton to charge a technology fee; to specify the uses to which such technology fees may be applied; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 272"
citation: "Georgia HB 272 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Huddleston", "J Collins", "Lynn Smith", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86bda40e-7ffe-496f-a987-31ab15f227b9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6fe2cf1b2150c5c78b5bb07477b5fa88437ef8216d97b6d9cb4052e579a9e1bb"
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 272 (2023_24) — Carrollton, City of; Municipal Court; charge technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Municipal Court of the City of Carrollton to charge a technology fee; to specify the uses to which such technology fees may be applied; 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 272/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216005.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2060/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213879.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213918.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #44 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #72 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- J Collins — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 117 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86bda40e-7ffe-496f-a987-31ab15f227b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).