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Bill 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. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2017_18 HB 701 Georgia HB 701 (2017_18)
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Kevin Tanner
Mark Newton
Sharon Cooper
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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 — 1591 (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; origin ocd-bill/4ae8f451-fa71-488f-b71b-e6d0cf472494. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).