---
type: "Bill"
title: "Magistrate Court of Clinch County; assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Clinch County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the administration of such technology fee and 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: "SB 317"
citation: "Georgia SB 317 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russ Goodman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa702bb0-77fe-4016-85f6-e94a1a692304"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4abb74f85fdb618a4db9ff5dc3a52707689f8e58333348ba5c2229dfe387c163"
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 SB 317 (2025_26) — Magistrate Court of Clinch County; assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Clinch County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the administration of such technology fee and 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235750.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 44 2995** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234715.pdf)
3. **SB 317 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234717.pdf)
4. **SB 317/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241950.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #221 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #480 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Russ Goodman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 607 `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/fa702bb0-77fe-4016-85f6-e94a1a692304`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).