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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pharmacies; authorize qualified pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the practice of pharmacy, so as to authorize qualified pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines; to provide for a definition; to provide for conditions; to provide for requirements for qualification; to provide requirements for the supervising pharmacist; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for statutory construction; to amend Code Section 43-34-26.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vaccine protocol agreements, so as to revise a provision regarding delegation of authority by a pharmacist; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 416"
+citation: "Georgia HB 416 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Lee Hawkins", "Rick Jasperse", "Ron Stephens", "Sharon Cooper", "Tremaine Reese"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2023-05-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4818eb9-9ba6-40f2-a779-e63e957054bf"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "98d5741d4a88dd88595422c854b29b3ae2cbab71585cae004eea42ff15a62ae6"
+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 416 (2023_24) — Pharmacies; authorize qualified pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the practice of pharmacy, so as to authorize qualified pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines; to provide for a definition; to provide for conditions; to provide for requirements for qualification; to provide requirements for the supervising pharmacist; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for statutory construction; to amend Code Section 43-34-26.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vaccine protocol agreements, so as to revise a provision regarding delegation of authority by a pharmacist; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 416/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220103.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 9363/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214791.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #340 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–3** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #105 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Tremaine Reese — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
+- **2023-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2023-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-02** Act 251 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-02** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4818eb9-9ba6-40f2-a779-e63e957054bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+