---
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).