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type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; administration of claims by pharmacy benefit managers; revise provisions"
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 add a definition; to revise provisions relating to administration of claims by pharmacy benefit managers; to revise provisions relating to prohibited activities of pharmacy benefits managers; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 323"
citation: "Georgia HB 323 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "David Knight", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper", "Wayne Howard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2020-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd6189cd-25ec-47d1-9efd-decd6ce34deb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3e8a004b076d7562693b10bac03b98e723627f34f0e464180131b0b45eb9d61b"
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 323 (2019_20) — Insurance; administration of claims by pharmacy benefit managers; revise provisions
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 add a definition; to revise provisions relating to administration of claims by pharmacy benefit managers; to revise provisions relating to prohibited activities of pharmacy benefits managers; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 323/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187577.pdf)
2. **LC 33 7679/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181520.pdf)
3. **LC 33 7811S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183566.pdf)
4. **LC 33 7811S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183141.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 7991S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185213.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Wayne Howard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-14** House Hopper
- **2019-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** 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`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** 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 301 `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/dd6189cd-25ec-47d1-9efd-decd6ce34deb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).