---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elementary and secondary education; public and private schools to stock supply of auto-injectable epinephrine; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to authorize public and private schools to stock a supply of auto-injectable epinephrine; to provide for definitions; to provide for requirements and reporting; to provide for arrangements with manufacturers; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for limited liability; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to authorize licensed health practitioners to prescribe auto-injectable epinephrine for schools; to authorize pharmacists to fill such prescriptions; 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: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 337"
citation: "Georgia HB 337 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Barry Fleming", "Brooks Coleman", "Josh Clark", "Sharon Cooper", "Spencer Frye"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc3fa01b-37f5-4fa7-8d56-b373a7c70e3d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3b19298fc74339d7f8d0f172f3b40c3ff11e33c89836e6ecc20ed6073180620e"
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 337 (2013_14) — Elementary and secondary education; public and private schools to stock supply of auto-injectable epinephrine; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to authorize public and private schools to stock a supply of auto-injectable epinephrine; to provide for definitions; to provide for requirements and reporting; to provide for arrangements with manufacturers; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for limited liability; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to authorize licensed health practitioners to prescribe auto-injectable epinephrine for schools; to authorize pharmacists to fill such prescriptions; 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 337/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137090.pdf)
2. **HB 337/FA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133180.pdf)
3. **LC 33 5003/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130873.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
- Josh Clark — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-13** House Hopper
- **2013-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2013-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Act 326 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc3fa01b-37f5-4fa7-8d56-b373a7c70e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).