---
type: "Bill"
title: "Magistrate Court of Morgan County; the assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Morgan 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: "SB 573"
citation: "Georgia SB 573 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cde4b675-892e-4e35-bc8d-050fd477da33"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b7baef097e092c27ee05eb4262e0af686a6b0ae9350be72e3aaf92a85bb7c87e"
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 SB 573 (2023_24) — Magistrate Court of Morgan County; the assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Morgan 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. **As Introduced LC 46 0743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226386.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227616.pdf)
3. **SB 573 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226388.pdf)
4. **SB 573/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229064.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #763 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #672 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 632 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cde4b675-892e-4e35-bc8d-050fd477da33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).