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type: "Bill"
title: "\"Georgia Fights Terrorism Act\"; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions concerning the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to provide for concurrent jurisdiction by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in cases involving the identification, investigation, arrest, and prosecution of an individual or groups of individuals for violation of state laws concerning domestic, cyber, biological, chemical, and nuclear terrorism; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 11"
citation: "Georgia SB 11 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Chuck Payne", "Greg Dolezal", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Russ Goodman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4861cd6-b952-431c-a8b8-7d4eb8a02732"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9836a6631b75e5e4bba02e9ff068f453d9d8af6e436bdddaf6aa078bbee8a339"
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 11 (2023_24) — "Georgia Fights Terrorism Act"; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions concerning the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to provide for concurrent jurisdiction by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in cases involving the identification, investigation, arrest, and prosecution of an individual or groups of individuals for violation of state laws concerning domestic, cyber, biological, chemical, and nuclear terrorism; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 49 1137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212636.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213488.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 39 3629S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212910.pdf)
4. **SB 11/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219959.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #318 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #18 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–3** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-23** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 74 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4861cd6-b952-431c-a8b8-7d4eb8a02732`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).