---
type: "Bill"
title: "Terrell 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 Terrell County; to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee when the judge of such court is serving as the judge of the Magistrate Court of Terrell 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 701"
citation: "Georgia HB 701 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cheokas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c51f5bdf-e97a-43c0-bdaa-b833dc7a10aa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4406e8aefd84bb5d18e1ee7a681b6e72a045510385052c84bfa0a46f51a12138"
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 701 (2025_26) — Terrell 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 Terrell County; to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee when the judge of such court is serving as the judge of the Magistrate Court of Terrell 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 701/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237133.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3431/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234779.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234825.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #273 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #277 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** 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 34 `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/c51f5bdf-e97a-43c0-bdaa-b833dc7a10aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).