---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sylvester, City of; municipal court; levy and collect a technology fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Sylvester, approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 4219), as amended, so as to authorize the municipal court to levy and collect a technology fee; to provide for authorized uses of the proceeds of such 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 645"
citation: "Georgia HB 645 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Yearta"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a27dccf4-d14c-42c7-83d5-ac0ef68e8459"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "38c2cf7d14090db5e205283e42cd181f47c2253808e068da1b8795c7047ae0e1"
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 645 (2023_24) — Sylvester, City of; municipal court; levy and collect a technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Sylvester, approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 4219), as amended, so as to authorize the municipal court to levy and collect a technology fee; to provide for authorized uses of the proceeds of such 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 645/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218360.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2102/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216507.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216538.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #219 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #239 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Yearta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 286 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a27dccf4-d14c-42c7-83d5-ac0ef68e8459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).