---
type: "Bill"
title: "Habersham County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment, collection, and distribution of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Habersham County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of such technology fee funds; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds to technology uses; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 952"
citation: "Georgia HB 952 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Victor Anderson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fce5ff9d-dae6-4318-92ba-c4916608d027"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bd74aed7bcb3c075c9f04103e333799974d3d01f4adfea5fd62bf43459886109"
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 952 (2023_24) — Habersham County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment, collection, and distribution of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Habersham County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of such technology fee funds; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds to technology uses; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 952/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223125.pdf)
2. **LC 46 0715/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221324.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221486.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #474 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #414 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **96–71** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Victor Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 438 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fce5ff9d-dae6-4318-92ba-c4916608d027`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).