---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Court of the City of Decatur; the 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 Municipal Court of the City of Decatur; 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: "SB 618"
citation: "Georgia SB 618 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elena Parent"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4d00485-ad07-4f4f-9147-360101ca03e6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b8e244211e0fc52b15cde6e62bb8df38ab58e0662d36dd6a21ebd760de9d131a"
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 618 (2025_26) — Municipal Court of the City of Decatur; the 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 Municipal Court of the City of Decatur; 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. **As Introduced LC 47 3914** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245005.pdf)
2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245950.pdf)
3. **SB 618 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245009.pdf)
4. **SB 618/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249118.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #719 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #846 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **110–63** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elena Parent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** 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 619 `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/b4d00485-ad07-4f4f-9147-360101ca03e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).