In rapid response to a recent Georgia Supreme Court decision that suppressed wiretap evidence in three drug cases, the state House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee has approved a bill that would allow superior court judges to issue wiretap warrants that are applicable statewide, not just in the judges’ circuits.

Committee Chairman Rich Golick, R-Smyrna, who is also the bill’s sponsor, said he hopes to secure the governor’s signature on the bill within 30 days.