---
type: "Bill"
title: "Douglas County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a 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 Douglas 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 950"
citation: "Georgia HB 950 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Alexander", "Kimberly New", "Mandisha Thomas", "Roger Bruce"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/912c5a4d-2be7-4b28-aab5-b737b5115a45"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a40a656c876a82fafb68c76ee85aee3310bc1180c6c41c544334194c90c8ceb8"
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 950 (2023_24) — Douglas County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Douglas 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 950/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223293.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2620/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221309.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221451.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #414 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **96–71** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #476 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Alexander — primary (person)
- Kimberly New — primary (person)
- Mandisha Thomas — primary (person)
- Roger Bruce — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 437 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/912c5a4d-2be7-4b28-aab5-b737b5115a45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).