---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fayette County; State Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Fayette County, approved April 13, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4980), as amended, so as to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1596"
citation: "Georgia HB 1596 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Bazemore", "Josh Bonner", "Karen Mathiak", "Philip Singleton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-23"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fe5b259-3c44-4ca6-b337-e53626f58079"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e289500dee44c5ecd66ae753f32dd788826696cd904db7c3cdbe7b6addef8c5a"
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 1596 (2021_22) — Fayette County; State Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Fayette County, approved April 13, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4980), as amended, so as to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 1596/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210990.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1796/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210135.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210149.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **148–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
- Philip Singleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-23** House Hopper
- **2022-03-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 695 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fe5b259-3c44-4ca6-b337-e53626f58079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).