2025-2026 Regular Session

SB91

State Employees' Health Insurance Plan; Board of Community Health from entering into, executing, or renewing a contract with any pharmacy benefits manager that owns or has an ownership interest in any retail pharmacy; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees' health insurance plan, so as to prohibit the Board of Community Health from entering into, executing, or renewing a contract or contracts with any pharmacy benefits manager that owns or has an ownership interest in any retail pharmacy or any legal entity that contracts with or uses such pharmacy benefits manager; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House
Last status date: March 18, 2026
Last status update: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Author: Blake Tillery
Co-sponsors: Ben Watson Bo Hatchett Kay Kirkpatrick Russ Goodman Ricky Williams Frank Ginn Shawn Still Steve Gooch John Albers Carden Summers Lee Anderson Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Drew Echols Sam Watson Max Burns Marty Harbin Matt Brass Greg Dolezal Mike Hodges Donzella James Derek MallowBrandon BeachBilly Hickman Mark Newton

Legislative progress

This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.

Senate committee reassignment February 10, 2025 House committee substitute April 2, 2025 House committee reassignment April 4, 2025 House committee substitute March 18, 2026

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Recorded floor votes

1 roll call are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 4, 2025 · Senate

Passage: Senate Vote #141

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

52 yea–2 nay · 1 not voting · 1 absent

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Committee referrals

March 6, 2025 · House

Health

February 5, 2025 · Senate

Health and Human Services

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

March 18, 2026
House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
April 4, 2025
House House Withdrawn, Recommitted
April 2, 2025
House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
March 10, 2025
House House Second Readers
March 6, 2025
House House First Readers
March 4, 2025
Senate Senate Passed/Adopted View roll call
March 4, 2025
Senate Senate Third Read
February 18, 2025
Senate Senate Read Second Time
February 13, 2025
Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
February 10, 2025
Senate Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted
February 5, 2025
Senate Senate Read and Referred
February 4, 2025
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1955616
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB91.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00