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type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacies; various provisions relating to the practice of pharmacy; revise"
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 revise various provisions relating to the practice of pharmacy; to repeal provisions relating to required licensure as a pharmacy by pharmacy benefits managers engaging in the practice of pharmacy; to revise provisions relating to \"The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights\"; to revise pharmacy anti-steering provisions; to revise various provisions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to provide for conforming changes; 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 918"
citation: "Georgia HB 918 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Mark Newton", "Matt Hatchett", "Micah Gravley", "Sharon Cooper", "Terry England"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-18"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e878088-a40d-472a-a302-09589336d954"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3ac6a42e88ece06e6a3ec09e69a5f41fcfb1964d73ed50b5841b2032e2d92b0a"
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 918 (2019_20) — Pharmacies; various provisions relating to the practice of pharmacy; revise
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 revise various provisions relating to the practice of pharmacy; to repeal provisions relating to required licensure as a pharmacy by pharmacy benefits managers engaging in the practice of pharmacy; to revise provisions relating to "The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights"; to revise pharmacy anti-steering provisions; to revise various provisions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to provide for conforming changes; 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 918/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194850.pdf)
2. **LC 33 8152/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189800.pdf)
3. **LC 33 8316S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192130.pdf)
4. **LC 33 8316S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191459.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1690** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-18** House Hopper
- **2020-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-04** Act 564 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e878088-a40d-472a-a302-09589336d954`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).