Passage of House Bill 452, which requires the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to publicly post and share personally identifying information of unauthorized immigrants who have committed certain crimes follows a back and forth shuffle between the state chambers.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Cowsert presented an amended version of House Bill 452 Friday to create a separate agency for a state Department of Homeland Security that's currently combined with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. The language, which was lifted from his domestic terrorism bill, was stripped by a House members in a committee hearing.