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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pharmacists and Pharmacies; provide for substitutions of interchangeable biological products"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to provide for substitutions of interchangeable biological products; to define certain terms; to provide for requirements and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "SB 51"
+citation: "Georgia SB 51 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "Charlie Bethel", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Fran Millar", "Greg Kirk", "Hunter Hill", "Nan Orrock", "Steve Henson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-01-16"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c18c06b-ebf0-46ba-acf8-a5ea0bae14ee"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "049f22275dc802d50f8d31a8fe948741960f62e05af0d9e6044ab772d7509c0d"
+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 SB 51 (2015_16) — Pharmacists and Pharmacies; provide for substitutions of interchangeable biological products
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to provide for substitutions of interchangeable biological products; to define certain terms; to provide for requirements and limitations; 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. **As introduced LC 37 1863ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145655.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148517.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 37 1893ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148109.pdf)
+4. **LC 37 1979S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152452.pdf)
+5. **SB 51/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152456.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- Dean Burke — primary (person)
+- Fran Millar — primary (person)
+- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
+- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
+- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
+- Steve Henson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-01-16** Senate Hopper
+- **2015-01-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-02-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-02-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-02-19** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 189 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c18c06b-ebf0-46ba-acf8-a5ea0bae14ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+