In 1995, a task force headed by David Rabin from Morris, Manning and Martin, LLP, Atlanta, and sponsored by Georgia Senator James Tysinger (41^st), began drafting Georgia's proposed Digital Signature Act.

The Digital Signature Task Force modeled its first draft on Utah's Digital Signature Act -- a long statute. Utah's statute, however, came under criticism as a result of liability allocation. Indeed, the statute has been amended several times. In addition, Utah's scheme delegates a great deal of regulatory authority to the Secretary of State, which in turn requires a great amount of money.

In December 1996, as a result criticism of Utah's long statute, the Digital Signature Task Force began drafting a short statute.

On January 17, 1997, the Georgia Digital Task Force introduced a short statue, the Georgia Electronic Records and Signature Act, to the Georgia Senate. The final draft of this statute was adopted by a Senate Committee on February 5, 1997. On March 20, 1997, the bill passed the House. Georgia's governor signed the Act on April 22, 1997.