---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student health; licensed health practitioners to prescribe albuterol sulfate for 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; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to authorize licensed health practitioners to prescribe albuterol sulfate for schools; to authorize pharmacists to fill such prescriptions; 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 362"
citation: "Georgia HB 362 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Barry Fleming", "Brooks Coleman", "Margaret Kaiser", "Sharon Cooper", "Valerie Clark"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-17"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ffb0653-3201-4762-862e-7990641fcbb7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2c5798b3afe7f95a644ef3c4755269cc124c40f24821892455789354c6528a76"
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 362 (2015_16) — Student health; licensed health practitioners to prescribe albuterol sulfate for 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; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to authorize licensed health practitioners to prescribe albuterol sulfate for schools; to authorize pharmacists to fill such prescriptions; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 33 1653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161362.pdf)
2. **HB 362/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162419.pdf)
3. **LC 33 5940/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148201.pdf)
4. **LC 33 6032S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149631.pdf)
5. **LC 33 6032S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149129.pdf)
6. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 33 1541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152860.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Valerie Clark — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-17** House Hopper
- **2015-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-26** House Postponed
- **2015-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 392 `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/0ffb0653-3201-4762-862e-7990641fcbb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).