republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-965.md

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Bill	Georgia 9-1-1 Medical Amnesty Law; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to controlled substances, so as to provide immunities from certain arrests, charges, or prosecutions for persons seeking medical assistance for a drug overdose; to amend Code Section 3-3-23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to furnishing to, purchase of, or possession by persons under 21 years of age of alcoholic beverages; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 965	Georgia HB 965 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bruce Broadrick Mary Oliver Roger Rutledge Sharon Cooper Tom Weldon	7	18	1	2014-02-07	2014-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/3440613f-439a-4969-9abb-b9dd8b7a144b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6a037878af2accf26d8a0017e007e5a919746dd641506ebeca7f29b09b42d607	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 965 (2013_14) — Georgia 9-1-1 Medical Amnesty Law; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to controlled substances, so as to provide immunities from certain arrests, charges, or prosecutions for persons seeking medical assistance for a drug overdose; to amend Code Section 3-3-23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to furnishing to, purchase of, or possession by persons under 21 years of age of alcoholic beverages; 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 965/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 965/CSFA (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5948S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 5495/a (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 37 1763 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 2 AM 33 1438 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 144–20 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bruce Broadrick — 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
• 2014-02-19 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
• 2014-03-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-13 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-13 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-18 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-24 Act 616 executive-signature
• 2014-04-24 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3440613f-439a-4969-9abb-b9dd8b7a144b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).