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Bill	Health; certain medical personnel to administer vaccines during public health emergencies under certain conditions; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to authorize certain medical personnel to administer vaccines during public health emergencies under certain conditions; to provide for vaccination information to third parties under certain public health conditions; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the administration of vaccines under vaccine protocol agreements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 46	Georgia SB 46 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Butch Miller Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke John Albers John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Michelle Au	9	20	1	2021-01-28	2021-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/a960ee20-5011-4ed0-a2ac-0d63369f6325	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	db8171b812ea067f7d54d22cb4432ade0ddccef1f1426e3dd9de6c95d69b6e97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 46 (2021_22) — Health; certain medical personnel to administer vaccines during public health emergencies under certain conditions; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to authorize certain medical personnel to administer vaccines during public health emergencies under certain conditions; to provide for vaccination information to third parties under certain public health conditions; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the administration of vaccines under vaccine protocol agreements; 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. As introduced LC 33 8542 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 8609S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 33 1950 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 1A (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 33 8753S/hss (committee substitute) — source
7. LC 33 8773S/hss (committee substitute) — source
8. LC 33 8835S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
9. SB 46/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 47–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Michelle Au — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-28 Senate Hopper
• 2021-01-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-02-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-02-18 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-02-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-23 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-16 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2021-03-17 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-25 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2021-03-31 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2021-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-31 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-10 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-10 Act 292 executive-signature
• 2021-05-10 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a960ee20-5011-4ed0-a2ac-0d63369f6325. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).