republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-313.md

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Bill	Pharmacy Benefits Managers; regulation and licensure; extensive revisions; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to provide extensive revisions regarding pharmacy benefits managers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 313	Georgia SB 313 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Blake Tillery Brandon Beach Burt Jones Chuck Hufstetler David Lucas Dean Burke Frank Ginn Freddie Sims Greg Dolezal Jack Hill Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy John Wilkinson Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Lindsey Tippins Matt Brass Mike Dugan Randy Robertson Sheikh Rahman Steve Gooch Tyler Harper	6	16	1	2020-01-27	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1e2fdec3-273b-4f7a-9d3b-e10da438cef4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ee6b6e3ceb803d6c272a42e5a3b1e7b5f37171f4395bda13db06551300264a8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 313 (2019_20) — Pharmacy Benefits Managers; regulation and licensure; extensive revisions; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to provide extensive revisions regarding pharmacy benefits managers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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. As introduced LC 33 8160 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 8317S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 33 1938 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 33 8422S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 313/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 9TH — 49–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Sims — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-27 Senate Hopper
• 2020-01-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-03-05 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-03-05 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-22 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-06-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-08-05 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-08-05 Act 584 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1e2fdec3-273b-4f7a-9d3b-e10da438cef4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).