# Georgia HB 1329: Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions

Georgia HB 1329, Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Mark Newton (Republican), Ron Stephens (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-05-05 (House Date Signed by Governor) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia HB 1329
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-17
- Last action: 2026-05-05, House Date Signed by Governor
- Sponsors: Mark Newton (Republican), Ron Stephens (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Judiciary Non-Civil, Health and Human Services, General Bill
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (212 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Georgia removes one dangerous-drug listing: benefit, low. Georgia removes one substance from its dangerous-drug list by deleting an existing entry. The provided provision does not identify the substance.
- Georgia adds drugs and revises vaccine listings: cost, low. Georgia adds many substances to its dangerous-drug list, including aceclidine, acoltremon, aficamten, and zopapogene imadenovec-drba. People and businesses handling the added substances are subject to the state’s dangerous-drug rules. The law also removes “Fc-VWF-XTEN fusion protein-ehtl” wording f…
- Georgia expands strict controls on substances: cost, low. Georgia expands its Schedule I chemical definition to cover specified substitutions at the 5-position or 6-position. These include nitro, alkyl, halide, cyano, or acetyl groups, or a primary amine. People and businesses handling substances newly covered by this definition face Schedule I controls.…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mark Newton (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Ron Stephens (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ben Watson (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-20 | Senate | PASSAGE | pass | 41 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-02-25 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 171 | 0 | 4 |

## Actions (15)

- 2026-05-05: House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- 2026-05-05: Act 390
- 2026-05-05: Effective Date
- 2026-04-06: House Sent to Governor (House)
- 2026-03-20: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: House Third Readers (House)
- 2026-02-25: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2026-02-24: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2026-02-19: House Second Readers (House)
- 2026-02-18: House First Readers (House)
- 2026-02-17: House Hopper (House)

## Bill text

- HB 1329/AP* (v3): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/246942)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [HB 1329/AP* (v3) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/246942)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1329-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).