---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carroll County; Probate 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 Probate Court of Carroll 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 623"
citation: "Georgia HB 623 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Huddleston", "Justin Howard", "Lynn Smith", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76a5cb03-c40b-4f75-ab36-1b581f5a3e90"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "879f8068a996df0523434641088bd41d0ac39f2a936a4840b621a82cf01ad828"
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 623 (2025_26) — Carroll County; Probate 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 Probate Court of Carroll 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 623/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237018.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2959/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233961.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233982.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #265 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #270 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- Justin Howard — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** 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 207 `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/76a5cb03-c40b-4f75-ab36-1b581f5a3e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).