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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pharmacists and Pharmacies; durable medical equipment suppliers; provide for the licensure; definition; requirements; discipline and revocation"
+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 the licensure of durable medical equipment suppliers; to provide for a definition; to provide for requirements for licensure; to provide for discipline and revocation; to provide for inspections; to provide for exemptions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "SB 41"
+citation: "Georgia SB 41 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Renee Unterman"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-23"
+last_action: "2017-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b41e99f-6719-40b9-a19b-8f8629139b13"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "19529ba2b1a2975e2079834adaa2cc78154b996dd7a7d1b831724b71acb4acbc"
+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 41 (2017_18) — Pharmacists and Pharmacies; durable medical equipment suppliers; provide for the licensure; definition; requirements; discipline and revocation
+
+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 the licensure of durable medical equipment suppliers; to provide for a definition; to provide for requirements for licensure; to provide for discipline and revocation; to provide for inspections; to provide for exemptions; to provide for rules and regulations; 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 BY SUBSTITUTE — **40–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-23** Senate Hopper
+- **2017-01-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-14** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2017-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-09** Act 230 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b41e99f-6719-40b9-a19b-8f8629139b13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+