---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emerson, City of; Municipal Court; charge technology fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Municipal Court of the City of Emerson to charge a technology fee; to specify the uses to which such technology fees may be applied; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1469"
citation: "Georgia HB 1469 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-08"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/796f6143-d70a-407a-8473-f0318faa4b6c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1b6cff3997aa0c13958c21c5e0e23462851b10dfa735411e4bfd5ed125b152f6"
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 1469 (2023_24) — Emerson, City of; Municipal Court; charge technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Municipal Court of the City of Emerson to charge a technology fee; to specify the uses to which such technology fees may be applied; 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 1469/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228564.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2986/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226790.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226832.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #701 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #761 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-08** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 680 `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/796f6143-d70a-407a-8473-f0318faa4b6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).