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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pharmacists; dispense up to a 90 day supply of a maintenance medication under certain conditions; authorize"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-4-80 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license required for practice of pharmacy, dispensing prescription drugs, prescription drug orders, electronically transmitting drug orders, refills, and Schedule II controlled substance prescriptions, so as to authorize a pharmacist to dispense up to a 90 day supply of a maintenance medication under certain conditions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 791"
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citation: "Georgia HB 791 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-01-16"
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last_action: "2020-08-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4b21062-9f99-46c8-96b9-25e304af0d6d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d143a909de8c58731ed3efb71b212078868b3338e693fe3a60c8bf0e07812fa7"
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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 791 (2019_20) — Pharmacists; dispense up to a 90 day supply of a maintenance medication under certain conditions; authorize
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-4-80 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license required for practice of pharmacy, dispensing prescription drugs, prescription drug orders, electronically transmitting drug orders, refills, and Schedule II controlled substance prescriptions, so as to authorize a pharmacist to dispense up to a 90 day supply of a maintenance medication under certain conditions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; 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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1. **HB 791/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195222.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 8123/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188105.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 8293S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192911.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 8293S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191639.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 8415S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193947.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-16** House Hopper
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- **2020-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Transmitted House
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- **2020-06-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** Act 590 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** 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/b4b21062-9f99-46c8-96b9-25e304af0d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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