republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1072.md

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Bill	Health; drug repository program; revise definitions; provide for pharmacist to pharmacy technician ratios	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 10 of Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the drug repository program, so as to revise definitions; to provide for pharmacist to pharmacy technician ratios in the program; to require reverse drug distributors to make and document diligent efforts to donate drugs rather than destroy them; to provide for substitution of drugs in some instances; to provide for the intent of the General Assembly with respect to settlement funds received by the state relating to prescription drugs; to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to exempt sales to or by certain eligible recipients; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1072	Georgia HB 1072 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Becky Evans Butch Parrish Mack Jackson Mark Newton Ron Stephens Sharon Cooper	3	16	3	2024-01-29	2024-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/e0fb500b-0bb1-4ff0-a0d8-9dc5de4bc0d9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c34cebab3a32120d04e6606ecf943ad63c02b57568f13fefa29bb77d1849abee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1072 (2023_24) — Health; drug repository program; revise definitions; provide for pharmacist to pharmacy technician ratios

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 10 of Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the drug repository program, so as to revise definitions; to provide for pharmacist to pharmacy technician ratios in the program; to require reverse drug distributors to make and document diligent efforts to donate drugs rather than destroy them; to provide for substitution of drugs in some instances; to provide for the intent of the General Assembly with respect to settlement funds received by the state relating to prescription drugs; to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to exempt sales to or by certain eligible recipients; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; 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 1072/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 9607/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen Ctee sub LC 52 0530S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #717 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #508 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 165–1 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #805 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 169–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Becky Evans — primary (person)
• Butch Parrish — primary (person)
• Mack Jackson — primary (person)
• Mark Newton — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-29 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-23 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-23 Act 473 executive-signature
• 2024-04-23 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0fb500b-0bb1-4ff0-a0d8-9dc5de4bc0d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).