---
type: "Bill"
title: "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 amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to define certain terms; to impose certain requirements for the use of maximum allowable cost pricing by pharmacy benefits managers; to provide for enforcement of such requirements; to provide for requirements relating to in-person pharmacies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 470"
citation: "Georgia HB 470 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Butch Parrish", "Darlene Taylor", "David Knight", "Greg Morris", "Jason Shaw"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-24"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0281f486-88bf-446a-bd3c-6cb2343b961d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c0aa0d4fac01e4f1f70a14cbee67ee76f1af7cd86a1c009a7f4f1bca2d946700"
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 470 (2015_16) — 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 amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to define certain terms; to impose certain requirements for the use of maximum allowable cost pricing by pharmacy benefits managers; to provide for enforcement of such requirements; to provide for requirements relating to in-person pharmacies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 470/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153810.pdf)
2. **LC 33 6010ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149118.pdf)
3. **LC 37 1982ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151256.pdf)
4. **LC 37 1982ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150735.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6166ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152020.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Greg Morris — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-24** House Hopper
- **2015-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Act 61 `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/0281f486-88bf-446a-bd3c-6cb2343b961d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).