republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-772.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 772	Georgia HB 772 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Greg Morris	5	19	1	2014-01-17	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/3aed261c-d09f-4c57-8379-4b20cf8273dd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b6c208aef6ec8f521064341b02578e4c92bfc3569e81e995dfd178ea13ee2108	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. HB 772/CSFA (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 5280/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 5575S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 21 2543S (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/3aed261c-d09f-4c57-8379-4b20cf8273dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).