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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pharmacy Anti-Steering and Transparency Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to enact the \"Pharmacy Anti-Steering and Transparency Act\"; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to prohibit pharmacies from engaging in certain practices; to require pharmacies to file an annual disclosure statement; to provide for violations; to provide for limited liability; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 233"
+citation: "Georgia HB 233 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "David Knight", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper", "Terry England"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2020-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41bc49e5-7237-493d-825f-f553a8dfbefa"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "a72995e606029a644f8c1d0b5f8af45a5b465f3c153563c635eaab61ae895e01"
+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 HB 233 (2019_20) — Pharmacy Anti-Steering and Transparency Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to enact the "Pharmacy Anti-Steering and Transparency Act"; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to prohibit pharmacies from engaging in certain practices; to require pharmacies to file an annual disclosure statement; to provide for violations; to provide for limited liability; to provide for statutory construction; 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 233/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187567.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 7604/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180927.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 7792S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183563.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 7792S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183000.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 7979S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185970.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **170–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alan Powell — primary (person)
+- David Knight — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Act 302 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41bc49e5-7237-493d-825f-f553a8dfbefa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+