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Committee backs TBI cold‑case unit after bureau explains scaled staffing plan
Summary
Senate Bill 26‑49, as amended, would establish a TBI cold‑case unit with five investigators (one per region), supervision, and analysts; TBI deputy general counsel said the amendment aligned the bill to bureau capacity, and the committee sent the measure to finance.
Senator Roberts described the bill as a response to a high‑profile unsolved Robertson County case and said constituents had brought the proposal to him. He moved an amendment that, together with TBI input, scaled the unit to meet bureau capacity.
Patrick Powell, deputy general counsel and policy director for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, told the committee the amendment establishes a cold‑case unit staffed by an assistant special agent in charge, five investigators (one per region) and analysts to support casework. "We kind of thinned down the original bill to give it more in line with our original jurisdiction and how things operate at the bureau," Powell said. The committee adopted the amendment and voted to send the bill to finance (9 ayes).
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