---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacies; The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; change certain provisions"
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 change certain provisions relating to The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "Georgia HB 179 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Brian Strickland", "Buddy Harden", "Butch Parrish", "Roger Rutledge", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11b7b06e-8e82-46a1-90b2-735a16ab3faa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "676fc9f2238d113bcab9651d2d8e36071588647d9650de75d264432556fb71cd"
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 179 (2013_14) — Pharmacies; The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; change certain provisions

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 change certain provisions relating to The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; 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 179/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137080.pdf)
2. **LC 41 0040/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129438.pdf)
3. **LC 41 0063S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132004.pdf)
4. **LC 41 0063S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131379.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **161–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Buddy Harden — primary (person)
- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-01-31** House Hopper
- **2013-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2013-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 189 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11b7b06e-8e82-46a1-90b2-735a16ab3faa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).