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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pharmacists and Pharmacies; certain provisions shall not apply; facility engaged solely in the distribution of dialysate, drugs; patients with end stage renal disease"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to provide that certain provisions of law regarding pharmacists and pharmacies shall not apply to a facility engaged solely in the distribution of dialysate, drugs, or devices necessary to perform home kidney dialysis to patients with end stage renal disease, provided that certain criteria are met; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 194"
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citation: "Georgia SB 194 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Burt Jones", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Fran Millar", "Jeff Mullis", "Judson Hill", "Rick Jeffares"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-03-02"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c1df6d7-5e35-4cce-b190-4a9f73cbb8d9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5d932d48874171a4745f03a23c106f7eead7656cc077976c2599d09839538c87"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 194 (2015_16) — Pharmacists and Pharmacies; certain provisions shall not apply; facility engaged solely in the distribution of dialysate, drugs; patients with end stage renal disease
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to provide that certain provisions of law regarding pharmacists and pharmacies shall not apply to a facility engaged solely in the distribution of dialysate, drugs, or devices necessary to perform home kidney dialysis to patients with end stage renal disease, provided that certain criteria are met; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 28 7558** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149688.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151237.pdf)
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3. **Floor Amendment AM 28 1415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152566.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 6162S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152081.pdf)
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5. **SB 194/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154039.pdf)
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6. **SB 194/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152613.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **43–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-02** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** Act 81 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c1df6d7-5e35-4cce-b190-4a9f73cbb8d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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