---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ben Hill County; Magistrate 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 Magistrate Court of Ben Hill 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 provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1140"
citation: "Georgia HB 1140 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leesa Hagan", "Noel Williams, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/750e281c-ad7f-4cbe-b4d3-444e252d38e1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b80660cc1ab579c043be390d60c2001adf6fcfa919335600a654c58a8f8f200d"
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 1140 (2025_26) — Ben Hill County; Magistrate 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 Magistrate Court of Ben Hill 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 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 1140/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243582.pdf)
2. **LC 62 0252/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241185.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241237.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #571 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #513 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 541 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/750e281c-ad7f-4cbe-b4d3-444e252d38e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).