Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HR1893: House Study Committee on Modernizing the Discovery Process through the Use of New Technologies; create
Status: In committee, March 31, 2026
A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Modernizing the Discovery Process through the Use of New Technologies; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
A resolution Creating the House Study Committee on Modernizing the Discovery Process through the Use of New Technologies; and for other purposes.
From the introduced text:
A RESOLUTION Creating the House Study Committee on Modernizing the Discovery Process through the Use of New Technologies; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the criminal justice ecosystem is large and complex, especially when it comes to digital evidence; and WHEREAS, requesting and receiving digital evidence for a single case can generate multiple hard drives' worth of data, which must be shared between partnering organizations and attorneys' offices, all of which may use incompatible storage systems; and WHEREAS, digital evidence has experienced exponential growth in recent years; and WHEREAS, in addition to police reports and crime scene photos that used to make up the majority of the discovery process, today's discovery includes digital photos, body-worn camera footage, closed-circuit television footage, cell phone data, interview recordings, drone footage, in-car fleet videos, and other sources of evidence; and WHEREAS, once prosecutors receive all of the digital evidence from law enforcement agencies, the public, relevant businesses, and others, they have to organize and store it; and H. R. 1893 LC 46 1549 WHEREAS, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and other attorneys generally store their data by burning it onto DVDs, using USB sticks, or uploading information to a digital cloud or on-premises digital evidence solution; and WHEREAS, with such a variety of storage methods, prosecutors must often comb through evidence from different sources and formats, much …
Sponsors
- Fincher, Bill (R, 23) · primary sponsor
- Tyler Smith (R, 18)
- Rob Leverett (R, 123)
- Clinton Crowe (R, 118)
- Deborah Silcox (R, 53)
- El-Mahdi Holly (D, 116)
Latest actions
- : House Second Readers
- : House First Readers
- : House Hopper
Common questions
- What is HR1893?
- HR1893 is a bill in the Georgia Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): House Study Committee on Modernizing the Discovery Process through the Use of New Technologies; create.
- What does HR1893 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Creating the House Study Committee on Modernizing the Discovery Process through the Use of New Technologies; and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HR1893?
- In committee as of March 31, 2026. Latest action: House Second Readers (March 31, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR1893?
- Fincher, Bill (R, 23), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR1893?
- On the Georgia Legislature website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74438
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