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type: "Bill"
title: "GBI; establish Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; provide fusion center for sharing and analysis of homeland security activity information"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 416"
citation: "Georgia SB 416 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Bruce Thompson", "Ed Harbison", "Mike Dugan", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-22"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab4a5bec-000c-4990-acb6-534b4f42148d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dc4c1d4ca26b85536c06cba7b3b8ddc799d530986e10e2766297aea7071ecd6a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158265.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159170.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1 AM 41 0164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159122.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 2 AM 41 0163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159118.pdf)
5. **Floor amendment 2a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159151.pdf)
6. **LC 41 0811S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160740.pdf)
7. **SB 416/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162462.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **530** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab4a5bec-000c-4990-acb6-534b4f42148d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).