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Bill Controlled substances; collect more information regarding dispensing and use; provisions A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 and Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances and death investigations, respectively, so as to collect more information regarding the dispensing and use of certain controlled substances; to change the frequency of reporting certain prescriptions in the electronic data base of prescription information; to clarify provisions relating to confidentiality; to change provisions relating to liability and duties; to change provisions relating to the definitions of dangerous drugs; to provide for a coroner's inquest when an individual dies of a suspected drug overdose; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2017_18 HB 249 Georgia HB 249 (2017_18)
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James Epps
Jan Jones
Jon Burns
Kevin Tanner
Mark Newton
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Georgia HB 249 (2017_18) — Controlled substances; collect more information regarding dispensing and use; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 and Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances and death investigations, respectively, so as to collect more information regarding the dispensing and use of certain controlled substances; to change the frequency of reporting certain prescriptions in the electronic data base of prescription information; to clarify provisions relating to confidentiality; to change provisions relating to liability and duties; to change provisions relating to the definitions of dangerous drugs; to provide for a coroner's inquest when an individual dies of a suspected drug overdose; 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 — 1671 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Andrew Welch — primary (person)
  • James Epps — primary (person)
  • Jan Jones — primary (person)
  • Jon Burns — primary (person)
  • Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
  • Mark Newton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-02 House Hopper
  • 2017-02-07 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2017-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2017-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2017-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2017-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2017-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2017-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2017-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2017-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
  • 2017-03-30 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2017-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2017-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2017-05-04 Act 141 executive-signature
  • 2017-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16f4df7d-a7f8-4081-abf6-8615567f28b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).