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type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy Anti-Steering and Transparency Act; enact"
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 enact the \"Pharmacy Anti-Steering and Transparency Act\"; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to prohibit pharmacies from engaging in certain practices; to require pharmacies to file an annual disclosure statement; to provide for violations; to provide for limited liability; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 233"
citation: "Georgia HB 233 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "David Knight", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper", "Terry England"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2020-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41bc49e5-7237-493d-825f-f553a8dfbefa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a72995e606029a644f8c1d0b5f8af45a5b465f3c153563c635eaab61ae895e01"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 233 (2019_20) — Pharmacy Anti-Steering and Transparency Act; enact
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 enact the "Pharmacy Anti-Steering and Transparency Act"; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to prohibit pharmacies from engaging in certain practices; to require pharmacies to file an annual disclosure statement; to provide for violations; to provide for limited liability; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 233/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187567.pdf)
2. **LC 33 7604/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180927.pdf)
3. **LC 33 7792S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183563.pdf)
4. **LC 33 7792S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183000.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 7979S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185970.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1701** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-08** House Hopper
- **2019-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 302 `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41bc49e5-7237-493d-825f-f553a8dfbefa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).