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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pharmacies; licensed health practitioners prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; provisions"
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description: "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 authorize licensed health practitioners to prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; to provide for legislative findings; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for grants to ensure availability of opioid antagonists; to authorize emergency medical services personnel to administer parenteral injections of opioid antagonists; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 966"
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citation: "Georgia HB 966 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Margaret Kaiser", "Mary Oliver", "Roger Rutledge", "Sharon Cooper", "Tom Weldon"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2014-02-07"
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last_action: "2014-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84740694-9552-4e25-ac62-ab33b36a8aa4"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7ccd741ad567770d1026b03c33aaea7e4ad71be1f2c0a566329a4cddc9ba89f2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 966 (2013_14) — Pharmacies; licensed health practitioners prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; provisions
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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 authorize licensed health practitioners to prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; to provide for legislative findings; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for grants to ensure availability of opioid antagonists; to authorize emergency medical services personnel to administer parenteral injections of opioid antagonists; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 966/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144842.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 5490/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139304.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 5585S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141490.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 5585S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141059.pdf)
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5. **SCSFA to HB 966** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144723.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 1797S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143478.pdf)
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7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 37 0259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144722.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-07** House Hopper
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- **2014-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2014-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
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- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-29** Act 646 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84740694-9552-4e25-ac62-ab33b36a8aa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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