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type: "Bill"
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title: "'The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act'; pharmacy benefits managers; Commissioner of Insurance to promulgate certain rules and regulations; authorize"
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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: "SB 103"
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citation: "Georgia SB 103 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Curt Thompson", "Dean Burke", "Donzella James", "Ed Harbison", "Elena Parent", "Ellis Black", "Frank Ginn", "Gloria Butler", "Greg Kirk", "Hunter Hill", "Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Lawrence Walker III", "Marty Harbin", "Matt Brass", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Michael Williams", "Mike Dugan", "Nan Orrock", "P. K. Martin IV", "Steve Gooch", "Steve Henson", "Tyler Harper", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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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: "2017-01-31"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d60bb039-a462-4d12-b241-495b383d0e01"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6617d78d656ba4a2f7f4b79916757e35264ba90638485ae9e4fe3b8c2e1e1588"
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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 103 (2017_18) — 'The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act'; pharmacy benefits managers; Commissioner of Insurance to promulgate certain rules and regulations; authorize
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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 BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Curt Thompson — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Steve Henson — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-31** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-02-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 196 `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/d60bb039-a462-4d12-b241-495b383d0e01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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