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type: "Bill"
title: "Health; vaccination against meningococcal disease of college students; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-12-3.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meningococcal disease vaccinations and disclosures, so as to revise provisions regarding vaccination against meningococcal disease of college students; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, so as to authorize the administration of vaccines by pharmacists or nurses pursuant to vaccine protocol agreements with physicians; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 504"
citation: "Georgia HB 504 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Broadrick", "Butch Parrish", "Jason Shaw", "Lee Hawkins", "Ron Stephens", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f798c58-6c30-4826-b453-6305f2b795c2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "371877bd58a6b59c50fcede0f4e039376cf288b71845ee75e23687f874f74225"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 504 (2015_16) — Health; vaccination against meningococcal disease of college students; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-12-3.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meningococcal disease vaccinations and disclosures, so as to revise provisions regarding vaccination against meningococcal disease of college students; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, so as to authorize the administration of vaccines by pharmacists or nurses pursuant to vaccine protocol agreements with physicians; 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 504/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153813.pdf)
2. **LC 33 6049/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149434.pdf)
3. **LC 33 6085S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150268.pdf)
4. **LC 33 6085S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149731.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6159S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152289.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1681** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-26** House Hopper
- **2015-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Act 54 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f798c58-6c30-4826-b453-6305f2b795c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).