Two Savannah lawmakers say, they support testing elected officials for drugs as part of an effort to test Georgians receiving state welfare benefits.

Savannah-area business leaders are making drug tests part of their state legislative agenda.

A bill pre-filed for January's legislative session would cut off funds to welfare recipients testing positive for illegal drugs.

Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce officials also want jobless benefits included.

But Democrat Bob Bryant says, he would oppose the bill unless he also is tested.

"You're talking about elected officials, like myself, deciding to drug test a group of people because they lost a job and need food to eat," Bryant says. "If we make that decision, we should be willing to take that same test."

Republican Ron Stephens says, he'd be the first to draft legislation adding elected officials to the testing.

"When I was first elected, you had to do that," Stephens says. "It was a mandate. I believe, every elected official, no matter which office that you hold, be able to pass a drug test every single year, even if you're in a two year cycle."

But federal courts look unfavorably at both ideas.

A Florida judge has halted drug-testing welfare recipients there.

A 1997 U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down a Georgia law drug-testing politicians here.