republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-900.md

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Bill	Crimes and offenses; electronic data base of prescription information; authorize the retention of data base information for 2 years; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electronic data base of prescription information, so as to authorize the retention of data base information for two years; to provide for delegates of prescribers and dispensers to access data base information under certain conditions; to revise language relating to subpoenas and search warrants; to provide for accessing data base information for purposes of investigation of potential abuse; to provide for the release of nonpatient specific data to the agency for instructional, drug abuse prevention, and research purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 900	Georgia HB 900 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Buddy Harden Butch Parrish Lee Hawkins Ron Stephens Sharon Cooper Tom Weldon	5	17	1	2016-02-03	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/fa691872-767b-439e-bcad-0fdf31b90adf	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	81ec4c2510525ee4b1f8ab1ebf52eb7a670802e5bd3e6738cc20777f1af08b84	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 900 (2015_16) — Crimes and offenses; electronic data base of prescription information; authorize the retention of data base information for 2 years; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electronic data base of prescription information, so as to authorize the retention of data base information for two years; to provide for delegates of prescribers and dispensers to access data base information under certain conditions; to revise language relating to subpoenas and search warrants; to provide for accessing data base information for purposes of investigation of potential abuse; to provide for the release of nonpatient specific data to the agency for instructional, drug abuse prevention, and research purposes; 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 900/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 6320ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 6498ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6498ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 AM 43 0038 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 151–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Buddy Harden — primary (person)
• Butch Parrish — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Tom Weldon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-03 House Hopper
• 2016-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-24 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 354 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa691872-767b-439e-bcad-0fdf31b90adf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).