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Committee holds bill to share longitudinal criminal‑justice data after law-enforcement concerns
Summary
Representative Hawkins’ bill to create a longitudinal criminal‑justice dataset for researchers was held for further work after prosecutors, sheriffs and the GBI raised privacy and federal-compliance concerns about criminal-history disclosures and sealed records.
The Judiciary Committee held House Bill 1243 after witnesses warned the measure as written could conflict with state and federal criminal-history rules and pose privacy risks. Representative Hawkins said HB1243 would collect longitudinal criminal-justice data, including individual identifiers, for use by bona fide researchers under strict confidentiality protocols so the state can measure outcomes and policy impacts over time.
Robert Smith, general…
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