Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HR1703: House Study Committee on Criminal Post-Conviction Litigation; create
Status: In committee, March 25, 2026
A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Criminal Post-Conviction Litigation; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
A resolution Creating the House Study Committee on Criminal Post-Conviction Litigation; and for other purposes.
From the introduced text:
A RESOLUTION Creating the House Study Committee on Criminal Post-Conviction Litigation; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, pursuant to the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section I, Paragraph XIV of the Georgia Constitution, all persons charged with a crime are guaranteed the right to counsel; and WHEREAS, a violation of that right occurs when counsel's performance was deficient and that counsel's deficient performance prejudiced the accused's defense, see Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 (1984); and WHEREAS, in Simpson v. State, 250 Ga. 365, 367 (1982), the Georgia Supreme Court held ineffectiveness claims should be raised in a motion for new trial; or as held in Glover v. State, 266 Ga. 183, 184 (1996), ineffectiveness claims should be raised before appeal if the opportunity to do so is available; and WHEREAS, as a result of these cases, new counsel must be appointed to litigate the motion for new trial, as trial counsel cannot litigate their own ineffectiveness because there is an ethical prohibition against a lawyer acting also as a witness when presenting a claim of H. R. 1703 LC 65 0088 ineffective assistance of counsel concerning the trial which he or she, himself or herself, had conducted, see Garland v. State, 283 Ga. 201 (2008); and WHEREAS, when the matter concerns a defendant who …
Sponsors
- Stan Gunter (R, 8) · primary sponsor
- Tyler Smith (R, 18)
- Rob Leverett (R, 123)
- Esther Panitch (D, 51)
- Scott Holcomb (D, 101)
- Chuck Efstration (R, 104)
Latest actions
- : House Committee Favorably Reported
- : House Second Readers
- : House First Readers
- : House Hopper
Common questions
- What is HR1703?
- HR1703 is a bill in the Georgia Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): House Study Committee on Criminal Post-Conviction Litigation; create.
- What does HR1703 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Creating the House Study Committee on Criminal Post-Conviction Litigation; and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HR1703?
- In committee as of March 25, 2026. Latest action: House Committee Favorably Reported (March 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR1703?
- Stan Gunter (R, 8), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR1703?
- On the Georgia Legislature website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74107
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