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type: "Bill"
title: "Health; influenza vaccinations for discharged patients; lower age to 50"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to influenza vaccinations for discharged patients aged 65 and older, vaccinations or other measures for health care workers in hospitals, immunity from liability, and standing orders, so as to lower the age to 50 years old for hospitals to offer inpatients vaccinations for the influenza virus prior to discharge; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1086"
citation: "Georgia HB 1086 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karla Drenner", "Katie Dempsey", "Mark Newton", "Sharon Cooper", "Shelly Hutchinson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aef0fee1-129b-4d98-9126-0aa5575c8709"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b701cb4c094c3b28a369117ceb135e8f4fe40c7bf3ae3103316f1700f7218469"
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 1086 (2021_22) — Health; influenza vaccinations for discharged patients; lower age to 50
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to influenza vaccinations for discharged patients aged 65 and older, vaccinations or other measures for health care workers in hospitals, immunity from liability, and standing orders, so as to lower the age to 50 years old for hospitals to offer inpatients vaccinations for the influenza virus prior to discharge; 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. **HB 1086/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209981.pdf)
2. **LC 33 8927/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204306.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **153–3** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Shelly Hutchinson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-27** House Hopper
- **2022-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 761 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aef0fee1-129b-4d98-9126-0aa5575c8709`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).