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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Jeffrey Dallas Gay, Jr., Act\""
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to provide that the state health officer may issue a standing order permitting certain persons and entities to obtain opioid antagonists under the conditions the state health officer may impose; to provide for immunity; to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to change the definition of a dangerous drug; to add a drug to Schedule V; to provide for a short title; 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 121"
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citation: "Georgia SB 121 (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", "Bill Cowsert", "Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Fran Millar", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Kirk", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "John Wilkinson", "Joshua McKoon", "Lawrence Walker III", "Mike Dugan", "P. K. Martin IV", "Renee Unterman", "Steve Gooch"]
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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: "2017-04-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28523332-7c1f-4ecd-b435-967601b89e3e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5b30f3201043bc957809bd8445d176edc175f75f4758c14a1f7fbb5bab06b5cc"
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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 121 (2017_18) — "Jeffrey Dallas Gay, Jr., Act"
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to provide that the state health officer may issue a standing order permitting certain persons and entities to obtain opioid antagonists under the conditions the state health officer may impose; to provide for immunity; to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to change the definition of a dangerous drug; to add a drug to Schedule V; to provide for a short title; 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 — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — 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** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-04-18** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-04-18** Act 19 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-04-18** 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/28523332-7c1f-4ecd-b435-967601b89e3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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