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JBC introduces electronic discovery task force bill draft to study e‑discovery costs in criminal cases
Summary
The committee agreed to introduce a bill to require a task force of public defender and alternate defense counsel organizations to review electronic discovery (e‑discovery) practices, with staff authorized to make technical corrections; sponsors were named from both chambers.
A Joint Budget Committee bill draft to form a task force on electronic discovery in criminal cases was introduced and approved for drafting. JBC staffer Alfredo Kim presented the request as a staff‑initiated bill draft aimed at examining the environment of electronic discovery and producing recommendations to control associated costs.
Kim said the task force itself would not require a state appropriation, describing the request…
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