republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-215.md

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Bill	Regulation of Hospitals; certified medication aides to administer certain medications to nursing home residents; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to authorize certified medication aides to administer certain medications to nursing home residents under certain circumstances; to provide criteria and requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 215	Georgia SB 215 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Bo Hatchett Dean Burke Gloria Butler John Albers John Kennedy Larry Walker, III	6	17	1	2021-02-19	2021-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/e6a8f653-c2fd-434e-801c-1c460a0b3371	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	da02a126e638c1964850c322b154974c06eba7629ebd740fdd807a5486e92b1d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 215 (2021_22) — Regulation of Hospitals; certified medication aides to administer certain medications to nursing home residents; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to authorize certified medication aides to administer certain medications to nursing home residents under certain circumstances; to provide criteria and requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 introduced LC 33 8650 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 8675S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amendment AM 33 1970 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 33 8807S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 215/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Senate Hopper
• 2021-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-05 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2021-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-31 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-04 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Act 218 executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e6a8f653-c2fd-434e-801c-1c460a0b3371. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).