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Bill	Bartow County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Bartow 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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 979	Georgia HB 979 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Matthew Gambill Mitchell Scoggins	4	14	2	2024-01-22	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/0874cc11-8def-4eb0-99d5-03387f62e510	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	92d6909d2149757e86bb18e36e27f308140e2c858d4e54a2c6d6fa4f9ca8dea9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 979 (2023_24) — Bartow County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Bartow 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 979/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 46 0720/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen Ctee Sub LC 46 0792S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #522 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #404 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 154–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
• Mitchell Scoggins — 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
• 2024-01-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-01-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-01-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 443 executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0874cc11-8def-4eb0-99d5-03387f62e510. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).