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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pharmacies; licensed health practitioners prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to authorize licensed health practitioners to prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; to provide for legislative findings; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for grants to ensure availability of opioid antagonists; to authorize emergency medical services personnel to administer parenteral injections of opioid antagonists; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 966"
+citation: "Georgia HB 966 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Margaret Kaiser", "Mary Oliver", "Roger Rutledge", "Sharon Cooper", "Tom Weldon"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-02-07"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84740694-9552-4e25-ac62-ab33b36a8aa4"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "7ccd741ad567770d1026b03c33aaea7e4ad71be1f2c0a566329a4cddc9ba89f2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 966 (2013_14) — Pharmacies; licensed health practitioners prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to authorize licensed health practitioners to prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; to provide for legislative findings; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for grants to ensure availability of opioid antagonists; to authorize emergency medical services personnel to administer parenteral injections of opioid antagonists; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 966/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144842.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 5490/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139304.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 5585S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141490.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 5585S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141059.pdf)
+5. **SCSFA to HB 966** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144723.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 1797S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143478.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 37 0259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144722.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-02-07** House Hopper
+- **2014-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-29** Act 646 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84740694-9552-4e25-ac62-ab33b36a8aa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+