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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Colquitt County; State Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the State Court of Colquitt 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 technology needs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 596"
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citation: "Georgia HB 596 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chas Cannon"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-24"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c74943b-8a45-4ed0-8675-f913f8ac1cae"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cd18a06ce715627ad894bff5edc7d491b0d269682f1b7c29180d2bab7f16c8f5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 596 (2025_26) — Colquitt County; State Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the State Court of Colquitt 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 technology needs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 596/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236163.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3369/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233592.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233602.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #229 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-24** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 153 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c74943b-8a45-4ed0-8675-f913f8ac1cae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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