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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Data Base; length of time prescription information is retained from two years to five years; increase"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the prescription drug monitoring program data base, so as to increase the length of time that prescription information is retained in the data base from two years to five years; to authorize the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to access the data base for enforcement purposes; 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: "SB 121"
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citation: "Georgia SB 121 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Freddie Sims", "Greg Kirk", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "John Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Renee Unterman", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-15"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bb31834-1b63-45bc-8b9b-1a082d44ef66"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "26b6e28571fd2620772db285d4a78ff367a9730762309f9430c7012aa1d75222"
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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 SB 121 (2019_20) — Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Data Base; length of time prescription information is retained from two years to five years; increase
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the prescription drug monitoring program data base, so as to increase the length of time that prescription information is retained in the data base from two years to five years; to authorize the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to access the data base for enforcement purposes; 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. **As introduced LC 33 7700** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181704.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183972.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 7844S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183211.pdf)
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4. **SB 121/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185585.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-15** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** Act 299 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/3bb31834-1b63-45bc-8b9b-1a082d44ef66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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