---
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).