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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Columbus, City of; Recorder's Court; impose and collect technology fee for each fine imposed	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Recorder's Court of Columbus, Georgia, to impose and collect a technology fee for each fine imposed; to specify the uses to which said technology fees may be put; to provide for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 556	Georgia HB 556 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Calvin Smyre Carolyn Hugley Debbie Buckner John Pezold Richard Smith	2	13	1	2013-03-05	2013-05-07	openstates	ocd-bill/d707728a-8dac-4342-87b5-b2e82190f485	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	83cdd58a8226c00cdba00f25d83ba9bb1cbb9cc98256a0abab23e90fc43022bb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 556 (2013_14) — Columbus, City of; Recorder's Court; impose and collect technology fee for each fine imposed

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Recorder's Court of Columbus, Georgia, to impose and collect a technology fee for each fine imposed; to specify the uses to which said technology fees may be put; to provide for automatic repeal; 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 556/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 2175/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar 3-13-13 — 164–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
• Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
• Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
• John Pezold — primary (person)
• Richard Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-05 House Hopper
• 2013-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-13 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-07 Act 297 executive-signature
• 2013-05-07 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d707728a-8dac-4342-87b5-b2e82190f485. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).