republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1281.md

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Bill	Columbus, City of; Recorder's 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 Recorder's Court of Columbus, Georgia; 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 automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1281	Georgia HB 1281 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Carolyn Hugley Debbie Buckner Tremaine Reese Vance Smith	3	13	2	2024-02-15	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a1eef1b7-ff20-4285-8064-ab457e859cec	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a57bc3e23b43cc382b15b6cae64ee5bf742be30db13402458d3b2a2cf0c8e9f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1281 (2023_24) — Columbus, City of; Recorder's 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 Recorder's Court of Columbus, Georgia; 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 automatic repeal; 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 1281/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 2788/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #646 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #585 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 158–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
• Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
• Tremaine Reese — primary (person)
• Vance Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-15 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-20 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-29 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Act 535 executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1eef1b7-ff20-4285-8064-ab457e859cec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).