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State Government / Georgia / Legislation / HB 1596

HB 1596Session 2025_26HouseIntroduced

No Evidence Ignored Act; enact

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to provide for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to provide local prosecutorial agencies with certain information regarding forensic database evidence; to provide for local prosecutorial agency determinations; to require certain actions by prosecutorial agencies; to provide for reports; to provide for certain exceptions; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings and purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Latest development · Mar 27, 2026

House Second Readers

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Session
2025_26
Introduced
Mar 23, 2026
Latest passage
Date unavailable
TopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

Topics and classification

Civixly topics

Justice & Public Safety

Source subjects

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorScott Holcomb

Action timeline

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View full action timeline3 actions⌄
  1. Mar 27, 2026

    House Second Readers

    Reading 2House
  2. Mar 25, 2026

    House First Readers

    Reading 1House
  3. Mar 23, 2026

    House Hopper

    IntroductionHouse

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Source data last updated Jun 15, 2026.