republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-701.md

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Bill	Terrell 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 Terrell County; to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee when the judge of such court is serving as the judge of the Magistrate Court of Terrell 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 provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 701	Georgia HB 701 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Mike Cheokas	3	13	2	2025-03-03	2025-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/c51f5bdf-e97a-43c0-bdaa-b833dc7a10aa	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4406e8aefd84bb5d18e1ee7a681b6e72a045510385052c84bfa0a46f51a12138	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 701 (2025_26) — Terrell 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 Terrell County; to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee when the judge of such court is serving as the judge of the Magistrate Court of Terrell 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 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 701/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3431/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #273 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 169–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #277 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mike Cheokas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-03 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-13 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-30 Act 34 executive-signature
• 2025-04-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c51f5bdf-e97a-43c0-bdaa-b833dc7a10aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).