---
type: "Bill"
title: "Habersham County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment, collection, and distribution of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Habersham County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of such technology fee funds; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds to technology uses; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 39"
citation: "Georgia HB 39 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Victor Anderson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5391f608-436e-4f98-96da-565dba9e9376"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3ed0f0ff13494c6133ff0f7a1f1c42f7a23163afec4e664ffad59cbb093b0c83"
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 39 (2025_26) — Habersham County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment, collection, and distribution of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Habersham County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of such technology fee funds; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds to technology uses; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal a specific Act; 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 39/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232377.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3126/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/229892.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/229935.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

- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Victor Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** 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`
- **2025-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Act 31 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5391f608-436e-4f98-96da-565dba9e9376`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).