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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public assistance; drug testing for applicants for food stamps; require"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to require drug testing for applicants for food stamps; to provide requirements; to provide that any person who fails such drug test shall be ineligible to receive food stamps; to provide for reapplication; to provide for children's food stamps; to provide for confidentiality of records; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 772"
+citation: "Georgia HB 772 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greg Morris"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-01-17"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aed261c-d09f-4c57-8379-4b20cf8273dd"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b6c208aef6ec8f521064341b02578e4c92bfc3569e81e995dfd178ea13ee2108"
+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 HB 772 (2013_14) — Public assistance; drug testing for applicants for food stamps; require
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to require drug testing for applicants for food stamps; to provide requirements; to provide that any person who fails such drug test shall be ineligible to receive food stamps; to provide for reapplication; to provide for children's food stamps; to provide for confidentiality of records; 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. **HB 772/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144808.pdf)
+2. **HB 772/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142184.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 5280/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137639.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 5575S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141342.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 21 2543S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143107.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AM 33 1412 — **109–64** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greg Morris — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-01-17** House Hopper
+- **2014-01-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-29** Act 664 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3aed261c-d09f-4c57-8379-4b20cf8273dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+