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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "State employment; drug testing; allow testing for all forms of opioids"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-20-110, relating to definitions for drug testing for state employment, so as to allow for testing for all forms of opioids; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 701"
+citation: "Georgia HB 701 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Hitchens", "Kevin Tanner", "Mark Newton", "Sharon Cooper"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-18"
+last_action: "2018-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ae8f451-fa71-488f-b71b-e6d0cf472494"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "87b89f874b1873b603c378f0867780ed1d0f659445df08ed3a4897882ca716ec"
+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 701 (2017_18) — State employment; drug testing; allow testing for all forms of opioids
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-20-110, relating to definitions for drug testing for state employment, so as to allow for testing for all forms of opioids; 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.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **159–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alan Powell — primary (person)
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
+- Mark Newton — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-18** House Hopper
+- **2018-01-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2018-01-30** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-03** Act 329 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ae8f451-fa71-488f-b71b-e6d0cf472494`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+