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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Vaccine protocol agreements; influenza; exempt activities conducted by a hospital or health system from certain requirements"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-34-26.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vaccine protocol agreements, so as to exempt activities conducted by a hospital or health system with respect to influenza vaccinations from certain requirements; to provide for conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 1043"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1043 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Cooper", "Trey Kelley"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-02-17"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0a49c76-f001-445c-9af3-efdd09e693d4"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "76b2eb36adc9ef437c1e22e9933de67ad56d823e39c05e1672615dfd0330f555"
+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 1043 (2015_16) — Vaccine protocol agreements; influenza; exempt activities conducted by a hospital or health system from certain requirements
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-34-26.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vaccine protocol agreements, so as to exempt activities conducted by a hospital or health system with respect to influenza vaccinations from certain requirements; to provide for conditions; to provide for related matters; 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 1043/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162164.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 6521/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157779.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 6531S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159256.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 6531S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158609.pdf)
+5. **SCSFA to HB 1043** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161548.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6588S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159932.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 28 1518** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161547.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **173–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-17** House Hopper
+- **2016-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2016-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 332 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0a49c76-f001-445c-9af3-efdd09e693d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+