---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act; pharmacy care; revise definition"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-4-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to the \"Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act,\" so as to revise the definition of \"pharmacy care\"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 653"
citation: "Georgia HB 653 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "David Knight", "Gerald Greene", "Rick Jasperse", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6588e3de-4d51-4b1b-abb4-385046f10f52"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "56255438ac2bf4ed0ace428c8ff8ce5d6dcd71fd358598342001fad541ab5d66"
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 653 (2021_22) — Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act; pharmacy care; revise definition

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-4-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to the "Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act," so as to revise the definition of "pharmacy care"; 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 653/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202408.pdf)
2. **LC 33 8702/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198958.pdf)
3. **LC 33 8745S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199988.pdf)
4. **LC 33 8745S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199630.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** House Hopper
- **2021-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06** Act 240 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6588e3de-4d51-4b1b-abb4-385046f10f52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).