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type: "Bill"
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title: "Controlled substances; Schedule I and IV; change certain provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to change certain provisions relating to Schedule I controlled substances and Schedule IV controlled substances; to change certain provisions relating to the definition of dangerous drugs; to provide an effective date; 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 963"
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citation: "Georgia HB 963 (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: ["Butch Parrish", "James Burchett", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-24"
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last_action: "2022-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64c86e3d-7e79-4c45-aa32-e13be6e085b0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "62a98bbb2b2d53c31e221f0a7a64c09dbdb72953b8a2f7f806e32fa46ec0000f"
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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 963 (2021_22) — Controlled substances; Schedule I and IV; change certain provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to change certain provisions relating to Schedule I controlled substances and Schedule IV controlled substances; to change certain provisions relating to the definition of dangerous drugs; to provide an effective date; 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 963/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209711.pdf)
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2. **LC 48 0502/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203665.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **157–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
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- James Burchett — 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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- **2022-01-24** House Hopper
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- **2022-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-13** Act 877 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-13** 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/64c86e3d-7e79-4c45-aa32-e13be6e085b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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