---
type: "Bill"
title: "Brooks County; Probate Court; authorize 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 Brooks 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: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1298"
citation: "Georgia HB 1298 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Burchett", "John LaHood", "Noel Williams, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e3d0ffe-f2fb-4c45-829c-aba3953d15a0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "39d80f3aa42b808e171b725e645a9ac9e49759de0eff07078aeb77ef0bf1f897"
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 1298 (2023_24) — Brooks County; Probate Court; authorize 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 Brooks 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 1298/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227591.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2847/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224369.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224415.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #537 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #672 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Burchett — primary (person)
- John LaHood — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Act 537 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e3d0ffe-f2fb-4c45-829c-aba3953d15a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).