---
type: "Bill"
title: "Early County; Probate 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 Probate Court of Early 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 686"
citation: "Georgia HB 686 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac19b05e-9cf2-42a7-8f49-3735990c4193"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b8d7261ac02653d4f49dbd55211f032f7d219519bd993be903688702afd4631e"
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 686 (2023_24) — Early County; Probate 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 Probate Court of Early 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 686/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218656.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2249/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217144.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217149.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #243 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #229 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerald Greene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** 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 178 `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/ac19b05e-9cf2-42a7-8f49-3735990c4193`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).