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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pharmacy Benefits Managers; regulation and licensure; extensive revisions; 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 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: "SB 313"
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citation: "Georgia SB 313 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "Burt Jones", "Chuck Hufstetler", "David Lucas", "Dean Burke", "Frank Ginn", "Freddie Sims", "Greg Dolezal", "Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "John Wilkinson", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Matt Brass", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Sheikh Rahman", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-01-27"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e2fdec3-273b-4f7a-9d3b-e10da438cef4"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ee6b6e3ceb803d6c272a42e5a3b1e7b5f37171f4395bda13db06551300264a8f"
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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 313 (2019_20) — Pharmacy Benefits Managers; regulation and licensure; extensive revisions; 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 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. **As introduced LC 33 8160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188521.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192343.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 8317S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191789.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1 AM 33 1938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192296.pdf)
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5. **LC 33 8422S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194048.pdf)
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6. **SB 313/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194672.pdf)
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## Votes
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- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 9TH — **49–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- David Lucas — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-27** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** Act 584 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/1e2fdec3-273b-4f7a-9d3b-e10da438cef4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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