---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacies; increase pharmacist to pharmacy technician ratio for providing direct supervision at any time"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-4-82 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to duties requiring professional judgment and responsibilities of a licensed pharmacist, so as to increase the pharmacist to pharmacy technician ratio for providing direct supervision at any time; to provide certain requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 316"
citation: "Georgia HB 316 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Jodi Lott", "John Corbett", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0006d1d-6937-40a4-b6bc-a20302b11cf3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3afe1637563bb14fbbb44a79d0acce0c3ea4557670af20d1300ae1a236a9a448"
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 316 (2021_22) — Pharmacies; increase pharmacist to pharmacy technician ratio for providing direct supervision at any time

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-4-82 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to duties requiring professional judgment and responsibilities of a licensed pharmacist, so as to increase the pharmacist to pharmacy technician ratio for providing direct supervision at any time; to provide certain requirements; 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 316/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201146.pdf)
2. **LC 33 8558/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196846.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **159–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** House Hopper
- **2021-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Act 19 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0006d1d-6937-40a4-b6bc-a20302b11cf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).