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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act; pharmacy care; revise definition"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-4-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to the \"Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act,\" so as to revise the definition of \"pharmacy care\"; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 653"
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citation: "Georgia HB 653 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "David Knight", "Gerald Greene", "Rick Jasperse", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-26"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6588e3de-4d51-4b1b-abb4-385046f10f52"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "56255438ac2bf4ed0ace428c8ff8ce5d6dcd71fd358598342001fad541ab5d66"
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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 653 (2021_22) — Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act; pharmacy care; revise definition
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-4-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to the "Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act," so as to revise the definition of "pharmacy care"; 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 653/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202408.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 8702/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198958.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 8745S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199988.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 8745S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199630.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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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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- **2021-02-26** House Hopper
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- **2021-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-06** Act 240 `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/6588e3de-4d51-4b1b-abb4-385046f10f52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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