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80 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pharmacists and Pharmacies; expansion of certain medical professionals to prescribe auto-injectable epinephrine to authorized entity; emergency purposes"
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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; to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health; to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, physician assistants, and others, so as to provide for emergency public access stations to allow a lay rescuer to consult with a medical professional to administer or make available auto-injectable epinephrine under certain circumstances; to provide for immunity; to provide for related matters; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 126"
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citation: "Georgia SB 126 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Nan Orrock"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-17"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e4c80c7-7cb8-47ed-9959-7717eafdc2c9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "bfc88a4ccfdfa62a0bada6931256fa5c9d6ae9376049065bedcb1526132879dc"
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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 SB 126 (2015_16) — Pharmacists and Pharmacies; expansion of certain medical professionals to prescribe auto-injectable epinephrine to authorized entity; emergency purposes
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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; to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health; to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, physician assistants, and others, so as to provide for emergency public access stations to allow a lay rescuer to consult with a medical professional to administer or make available auto-injectable epinephrine under certain circumstances; to provide for immunity; to provide for related matters; 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. **As introduced LC 37 1909ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148881.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151338.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 37 1951ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150493.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amendment - AM 33 1572** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153682.pdf)
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5. **LC 33 6211S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152796.pdf)
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6. **SB 126/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154024.pdf)
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7. **SB 126/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153683.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-17** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** Act 56 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/6e4c80c7-7cb8-47ed-9959-7717eafdc2c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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