---
type: "Bill"
title: "Randolph County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and 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 Randolph 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 596"
citation: "Georgia HB 596 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ebfe03f-b776-4095-afc7-521f5e6e86cb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f69e61d560ceeb364b06d9c045dd1fa26aa13405196017226bb368bb74da852b"
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 596 (2023_24) — Randolph County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and 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 Randolph 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 596/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217749.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2242/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216077.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216210.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #208 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **44–7** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #130 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerald Greene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 155 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ebfe03f-b776-4095-afc7-521f5e6e86cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).