republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-195.md

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Bill	Pharmacies; pharmacists are authorized to dispense preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis under certain conditions; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to provide that pharmacists are authorized to dispense preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis under certain 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 provide for the approval or development of a training program for pharmacists by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy; to require pharmacists to complete such training program before dispensing preexposure prophylaxis or postexposure prophylaxis; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 195	Georgia SB 195 (2025_26)	bill	FOOD DRUGS AND COSMETICS	enacted	Ben Watson Chuck Hufstetler Elena Parent Kay Kirkpatrick Nan Orrock	5	18	3	2025-02-18	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c3b2edc9-8724-4897-adec-7b6882390e8b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	22a0f4c78ec7caeb744af93d8756b868e2e5ad2c3b3fc5868773be9421b5b582	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 195 (2025_26) — Pharmacies; pharmacists are authorized to dispense preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis under certain conditions; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to provide that pharmacists are authorized to dispense preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis under certain 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 provide for the approval or development of a training program for pharmacists by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy; to require pharmacists to complete such training program before dispensing preexposure prophylaxis or postexposure prophylaxis; to provide for definitions; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 56 0290 (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor Amend 1 AM 56 0022 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 46 1376S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 195/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #132 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #819 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #511 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 155–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-18 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2025-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-01-29 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-12 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-25 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-05 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-05 Act 409 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3b2edc9-8724-4897-adec-7b6882390e8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).