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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance; extensive revisions regarding pharmacy benefits managers; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to provide extensive revisions regarding pharmacy benefits managers; to revise definitions; to revise provisions relating to license requirements and filing fees; to revise a provision regarding the prohibition on the practice of medicine by a pharmacy benefits manager; to provide additional authority for the Insurance Commissioner to regulate pharmacy benefits managers; to revise provisions relating to rebates from pharmaceutical manufacturers; to revise provisions relating to administration of claims; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 946"
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citation: "Georgia HB 946 (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: ["David Knight", "Matt Hatchett", "Rick Jasperse", "Ron Stephens", "Terry England", "Todd Jones"]
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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: "2020-02-19"
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last_action: "2021-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e35e6fc4-76c2-4270-833c-fe625ad547be"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "31ce11a8fc500551bf85e1dc72d2f21bbad9839b2e17e2697752df6481691edc"
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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 946 (2019_20) — Insurance; extensive revisions regarding pharmacy benefits managers; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to provide extensive revisions regarding pharmacy benefits managers; to revise definitions; to revise provisions relating to license requirements and filing fees; to revise a provision regarding the prohibition on the practice of medicine by a pharmacy benefits manager; to provide additional authority for the Insurance Commissioner to regulate pharmacy benefits managers; to revise provisions relating to rebates from pharmaceutical manufacturers; to revise provisions relating to administration of claims; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 946/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195227.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 8264/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190165.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 8313S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192138.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 8313S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191460.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 8423S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194074.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **165–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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- Todd Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-19** House Hopper
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- **2020-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-20** 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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- **2020-07-02** 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 583 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-01-01** 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/e35e6fc4-76c2-4270-833c-fe625ad547be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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