republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1504.md

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Bill	Dekalb County; State Court; authorize the charge and collection of technology fees	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of DeKalb County, formerly known as the Civil and Criminal Court of DeKalb County, approved February 14, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 2401), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 3, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 3624), so as to authorize the charge and collection of technology fees; to provide for a court administrator; to revise provisions related to compensation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1504	Georgia HB 1504 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Billy Mitchell Karen Lupton Karla Drenner Long Tran Omari Crawford Shea Roberts	6	16	2	2026-03-03	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/a432a08c-d897-40fc-ad59-c1cd363f530f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d4a8faaa6c5abcd56a242e53d4794ebca876d0abde46ff4fd51b0fc4937c51aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1504 (2025_26) — Dekalb County; State Court; authorize the charge and collection of technology fees

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of DeKalb County, formerly known as the Civil and Criminal Court of DeKalb County, approved February 14, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 2401), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 3, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 3624), so as to authorize the charge and collection of technology fees; to provide for a court administrator; to revise provisions related to compensation; 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 1504/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 4094/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 4201S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 47 4201S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Ctee Sub LC 62 0503S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #712 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 161–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #761 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
• Karen Lupton — primary (person)
• Karla Drenner — primary (person)
• Long Tran — primary (person)
• Omari Crawford — primary (person)
• Shea Roberts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-03 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 666 executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a432a08c-d897-40fc-ad59-c1cd363f530f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).