republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-1043.md

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Bill	Vaccine protocol agreements; influenza; exempt activities conducted by a hospital or health system from certain requirements	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-34-26.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vaccine protocol agreements, so as to exempt activities conducted by a hospital or health system with respect to influenza vaccinations from certain requirements; to provide for conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 1043	Georgia HB 1043 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Sharon Cooper Trey Kelley	7	18	1	2016-02-17	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a0a49c76-f001-445c-9af3-efdd09e693d4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	76b2eb36adc9ef437c1e22e9933de67ad56d823e39c05e1672615dfd0330f555	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1043 (2015_16) — Vaccine protocol agreements; influenza; exempt activities conducted by a hospital or health system from certain requirements

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-34-26.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vaccine protocol agreements, so as to exempt activities conducted by a hospital or health system with respect to influenza vaccinations from certain requirements; to provide for conditions; 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. HB 1043/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 6521/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 6531S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6531S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 1043 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 33 6588S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 28 1518 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 173–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-17 House Hopper
• 2016-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-22 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 332 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0a49c76-f001-445c-9af3-efdd09e693d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).