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type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances; Schedules I and IV; change certain provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to change certain provisions relating to Schedules I and IV controlled substances; to change certain provisions relating to the definition of dangerous drug; to provide for restricted dangerous drugs; to provide for penalties for certain violations relating to restricted dangerous drugs and nonprescription injectable insulin; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 783"
citation: "Georgia HB 783 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Broadrick", "Buddy Harden", "Butch Parrish", "Lee Hawkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-01-15"
last_action: "2016-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76fa6349-5a64-4da8-9558-80cb4a12d570"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b91fee03a67bad6afa239313b5689aa8a0487072fb6370f81016330983666864"
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 783 (2015_16) — Controlled substances; Schedules I and IV; change certain provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to change certain provisions relating to Schedules I and IV controlled substances; to change certain provisions relating to the definition of dangerous drug; to provide for restricted dangerous drugs; to provide for penalties for certain violations relating to restricted dangerous drugs and nonprescription injectable insulin; to provide for an effective date; 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 783/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162303.pdf)
2. **LC 33 6306/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154751.pdf)
3. **LC 33 6473S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157855.pdf)
4. **LC 33 6473S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157034.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7086S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160118.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1632** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
- Buddy Harden — primary (person)
- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-01-15** House Hopper
- **2016-01-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-01-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `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 By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 603 `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76fa6349-5a64-4da8-9558-80cb4a12d570`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).