October 2, 2026
ATLANTA – The state Senate Wednesday passed a bill that would allow the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to independently investigate a wide range of terrorism cases.
The first bill to make it to the Senate floor this session – the “Georgia Fights Terrorism Act”— passed handily, with 49 senators voting for the bill and only three voting against it.
The bill would allow the bureau to open investigations of terrorism independently instead of solely at the request of government agencies or officials, as is typically the case now.
“This bill simply allows the Georgia Bureau of Investigation the ability to proactively, either independently or with our other agencies, both local and federal, go after and investigate crimes related to terrorism, nuclear, biological, chemical, cyber and domestic,” said Sen. John Albers, R-Roswell, the bill’s chief sponsor.
Under the bill, the bureau could open such investigations if the agency’s director finds that doing so “would not compromise the successful completion of cases.”
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation provides a number of services to the state, including forensic analysis, autopsies, investigations of serious crimes and tracking of crime statistics.
The bill will now be taken up by the state House of Representatives.
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