---
type: "Bill"
title: "Houston County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of 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 Houston 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 technology uses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1606"
citation: "Georgia HB 1606 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danny Mathis", "Heath Clark", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Robert Dickey", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-28"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/016831aa-9415-4f9b-aa77-87197a1fd472"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "41e0178882e9fa0d6851c2e668b3d12ce5094d0f46d219c9b1f1f0c3691e16be"
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 1606 (2021_22) — Houston County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Houston 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 technology uses; 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 1606/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211733.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1787/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210608.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210630.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **159–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
- Heath Clark — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-28** House Hopper
- **2022-03-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-30** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** 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 700 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/016831aa-9415-4f9b-aa77-87197a1fd472`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).