---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bartow 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 Bartow 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 979"
citation: "Georgia HB 979 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0874cc11-8def-4eb0-99d5-03387f62e510"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "92d6909d2149757e86bb18e36e27f308140e2c858d4e54a2c6d6fa4f9ca8dea9"
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 979 (2023_24) — Bartow 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 Bartow 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 979/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225500.pdf)
2. **LC 46 0720/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221408.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221484.pdf)
4. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 46 0792S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224854.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #522 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–2** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #404 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **154–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — 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`
- **2024-01-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-01-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-01-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 443 `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/0874cc11-8def-4eb0-99d5-03387f62e510`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).