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type: "Bill"
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title: "The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to authorize the Commissioner of Insurance to promulgate certain rules and regulations and to examine and investigate certain matters with regard to pharmacy benefits managers; to prohibit pharmacy benefits managers from requiring the use of mail-order pharmacies under certain conditions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for certain prohibitions; to provide for enforcement; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 276"
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citation: "Georgia HB 276 (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: ["David Knight", "John Meadows", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Matt Hatchett", "Ron Stephens", "Stacey Abrams"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-07"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41353147-a0d4-4ff3-9fba-e55f03e2a810"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a7a5df31fc8c4367ba9108169be45da2b6b880637ee1585907e7758ea752fa70"
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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 276 (2017_18) — The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to authorize the Commissioner of Insurance to promulgate certain rules and regulations and to examine and investigate certain matters with regard to pharmacy benefits managers; to prohibit pharmacy benefits managers from requiring the use of mail-order pharmacies under certain conditions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for certain prohibitions; to provide for enforcement; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- John Meadows — primary (person)
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- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-07** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 195 `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/41353147-a0d4-4ff3-9fba-e55f03e2a810`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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