A bill overhauling the state’s discovery rules has fizzled out despite having navigated its way through both judiciary committees of the Georgia General Assembly.
The Senate on Tuesday voted 25-20 against House Bill 643, signaling a victory for plaintiffs lawyers who opposed the latest version. A subsequent vote in the chamber to reconsider the bill passed, but, per Senate rules, the vote placed the bill back in the Rules Committee—which wasn’t scheduled to meet again before the end of the session today.
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