---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clayton County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of an eviction mediation program fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of an eviction mediation program fee by the Magistrate Court of Clayton County; to identify the authorized uses of such fee; to provide for the termination of such fee and dedication of residual funds; 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 1313"
citation: "Georgia HB 1313 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Demetrius Douglas", "El-Mahdi Holly", "Eric Bell", "Rhonda Burnough", "Sandra Scott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-20"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35feb47b-146c-47f9-bcf7-d4ce161f1217"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "67d2b6c1b026e53130c27746158a8dcdc7a2a18476bc34d80ab62188fa46cfe3"
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 1313 (2023_24) — Clayton County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of an eviction mediation program fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of an eviction mediation program fee by the Magistrate Court of Clayton County; to identify the authorized uses of such fee; to provide for the termination of such fee and dedication of residual 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. **HB 1313/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227214.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2761/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224569.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224678.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #537 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #646 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
- El-Mahdi Holly — primary (person)
- Eric Bell — primary (person)
- Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
- Sandra Scott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-20** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** 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`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 650 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35feb47b-146c-47f9-bcf7-d4ce161f1217`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).