---
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).