---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; the possession of opioid antagonists in schools; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to authorize the possession of opioid antagonists in schools; to define a term; to authorize schools to maintain a stock supply of opioid antagonists; to authorize trained school personnel to administer opioid antagonists and carry opioid antagonists on their person; to provide for immunity; to provide for activation of the emergency medical services system and notification of emergency contacts; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 395"
citation: "Georgia SB 395 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Clint Dixon", "Larry Walker, III", "Sam Watson", "Sonya Halpern"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16d554c2-b0a9-4deb-9acd-a49e657860af"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7ddede8b5ade4e9dd10d4979f2b32e5400dc4fe211dfbeba3f9da7161a65d0a6"
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 SB 395 (2023_24) — Education; the possession of opioid antagonists in schools; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to authorize the possession of opioid antagonists in schools; to define a term; to authorize schools to maintain a stock supply of opioid antagonists; to authorize trained school personnel to administer opioid antagonists and carry opioid antagonists on their person; to provide for immunity; to provide for activation of the emergency medical services system and notification of emergency contacts; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226067.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 33 9604** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221785.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 49 1776S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223660.pdf)
4. **Floor Amend 1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226059.pdf)
5. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225992.pdf)
6. **LC 49 1900S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226970.pdf)
7. **LC 49 1941S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229018.pdf)
8. **SB 395/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229592.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #882 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #589 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #808 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Act 462 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16d554c2-b0a9-4deb-9acd-a49e657860af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).