---
type: "Bill"
title: "Centerville, City of; Municipal Court; charge a technology fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Municipal Court of the City of Centerville to charge a technology fee; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; 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 174"
citation: "Georgia HB 174 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anissa Jones", "Bethany Ballard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eb6fe0d-801a-475a-95d2-274165c3ade0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4ebe7b028ebae2e26aa7fc73f2292d08cc9b44f665cffc801b7cf3a2d0f80e3e"
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 174 (2025_26) — Centerville, City of; Municipal Court; charge a technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Municipal Court of the City of Centerville to charge a technology fee; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; 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 174/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232380.pdf)
2. **LC 61 0055/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230665.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230721.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #45 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #15 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anissa Jones — primary (person)
- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 135 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8eb6fe0d-801a-475a-95d2-274165c3ade0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).