---
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).