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type: "Bill"
title: "DeKalb County; State Court; provide for the payment of costs"
description: "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 March 3, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3501), so as to provide for the payment of costs in such court; to provide for a failure to appear fee in such court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1116"
citation: "Georgia HB 1116 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Oliver", "Michele Henson", "Pam Stephenson", "Scott Holcomb", "Taylor Bennett", "Tom Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-03-02"
last_action: "2016-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1f1bbe9-a018-44e6-b7f1-2923f8f1e1d1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9f24a6280b8c796ae110f7d21425cd0b8bd10fbd913ea3e3b4faead4d356a5ed"
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 1116 (2015_16) — DeKalb County; State Court; provide for the payment of costs
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 March 3, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3501), so as to provide for the payment of costs in such court; to provide for a failure to appear fee in such court; 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 1116/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161108.pdf)
2. **LC 44 0126/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159394.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **162–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Michele Henson — primary (person)
- Pam Stephenson — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
- Taylor Bennett — primary (person)
- Tom Taylor — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-03-02** House Hopper
- **2016-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-28** Act 514 `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-28** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1f1bbe9-a018-44e6-b7f1-2923f8f1e1d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).