republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-416.md

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Bill	GBI; establish Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; provide fusion center for sharing and analysis of homeland security activity information	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to establish the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation; to provide for a fusion center for the sharing and analysis of homeland security activity information; to provide for definitions; to provide for operations and responsibilities; to provide for membership; to amend Code Section 38-3-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia Emergency Management Agency created, director, staff, offices, director's duties, and disaster coordinator, so as to expand the duties of the director of emergency management; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 416	Georgia SB 416 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Bruce Thompson Ed Harbison Mike Dugan Tyler Harper	7	16	1	2016-02-22	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ab4a5bec-000c-4990-acb6-534b4f42148d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	dc4c1d4ca26b85536c06cba7b3b8ddc799d530986e10e2766297aea7071ecd6a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 416 (2015_16) — GBI; establish Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; provide fusion center for sharing and analysis of homeland security activity information

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to establish the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation; to provide for a fusion center for the sharing and analysis of homeland security activity information; to provide for definitions; to provide for operations and responsibilities; to provide for membership; to amend Code Section 38-3-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia Emergency Management Agency created, director, staff, offices, director's duties, and disaster coordinator, so as to expand the duties of the director of emergency management; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As introduced LC 41 0749 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 AM 41 0164 (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 2 AM 41 0163 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amendment 2a (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 41 0811S/hss (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 416/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2016-02-22 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-29 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2016-03-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 335 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab4a5bec-000c-4990-acb6-534b4f42148d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).