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type: "Bill"
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title: "Controlled substances; collect more information regarding dispensing and use; provisions"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 249"
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citation: "Georgia HB 249 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "James Epps", "Jan Jones", "Jon Burns", "Kevin Tanner", "Mark Newton"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-02"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16f4df7d-a7f8-4081-abf6-8615567f28b7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8d59a83dacdb6a3e7e0a23a5043a2ac3161fb740d057fb570a74298c00410883"
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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 HB 249 (2017_18) — Controlled substances; collect more information regarding dispensing and use; provisions
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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.
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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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- James Epps — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Mark Newton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-02** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-04** Act 141 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/16f4df7d-a7f8-4081-abf6-8615567f28b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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