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type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacists and pharmacies; technicians to fill remote automated medication systems in skilled nursing facilities and hospices; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to authorize pharmacy technicians to fill remote automated medication systems in skilled nursing facilities and hospices; to provide for certain requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 511"
citation: "Georgia HB 511 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9456ba95-bcb1-4dea-b7ea-15c035eb6edf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e526bad2132c1717595fd17d5b9e440baaaba7a7efc217d4b15e09779836e16c"
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 511 (2015_16) — Pharmacists and pharmacies; technicians to fill remote automated medication systems in skilled nursing facilities and hospices; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to authorize pharmacy technicians to fill remote automated medication systems in skilled nursing facilities and hospices; to provide for certain requirements; 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. **Floor Amendment - AM 33 1576** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153676.pdf)
2. **HB 511/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153901.pdf)
3. **LC 36 2734/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149496.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2024S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152744.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1670** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-26** House Hopper
- **2015-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 235 `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/9456ba95-bcb1-4dea-b7ea-15c035eb6edf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).