---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacies; licensed health practitioners prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to authorize licensed health practitioners to prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; to provide for legislative findings; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for grants to ensure availability of opioid antagonists; to authorize emergency medical services personnel to administer parenteral injections of opioid antagonists; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 966"
citation: "Georgia HB 966 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Margaret Kaiser", "Mary Oliver", "Roger Rutledge", "Sharon Cooper", "Tom Weldon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-07"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84740694-9552-4e25-ac62-ab33b36a8aa4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7ccd741ad567770d1026b03c33aaea7e4ad71be1f2c0a566329a4cddc9ba89f2"
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 966 (2013_14) — Pharmacies; licensed health practitioners prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to authorize licensed health practitioners to prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; to provide for legislative findings; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for grants to ensure availability of opioid antagonists; to authorize emergency medical services personnel to administer parenteral injections of opioid antagonists; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to provide for applicability; 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 966/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144842.pdf)
2. **LC 33 5490/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139304.pdf)
3. **LC 33 5585S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141490.pdf)
4. **LC 33 5585S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141059.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HB 966** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144723.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 1797S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143478.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 37 0259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144722.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Tom Weldon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-07** House Hopper
- **2014-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-29** Act 646 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84740694-9552-4e25-ac62-ab33b36a8aa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).