republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-46.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health; certain medical personnel to administer vaccines during public health emergencies under certain conditions; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to authorize certain medical personnel to administer vaccines during public health emergencies under certain conditions; to provide for vaccination information to third parties under certain public health conditions; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the administration of vaccines under vaccine protocol agreements; 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: "SB 46"
citation: "Georgia SB 46 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Billy Hickman", "Bo Hatchett", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Michelle Au"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a960ee20-5011-4ed0-a2ac-0d63369f6325"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "db8171b812ea067f7d54d22cb4432ade0ddccef1f1426e3dd9de6c95d69b6e97"
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 SB 46 (2021_22) — Health; certain medical personnel to administer vaccines during public health emergencies under certain conditions; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to authorize certain medical personnel to administer vaccines during public health emergencies under certain conditions; to provide for vaccination information to third parties under certain public health conditions; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the administration of vaccines under vaccine protocol agreements; 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. **As introduced LC 33 8542** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196158.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198060.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 33 8609S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197265.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1 AM 33 1950** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198032.pdf)
5. **Floor amend 1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198059.pdf)
6. **LC 33 8753S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200200.pdf)
7. **LC 33 8773S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200596.pdf)
8. **LC 33 8835S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202289.pdf)
9. **SB 46/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202495.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **47–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Michelle Au — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-28** Senate Hopper
- **2021-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2021-03-31** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2021-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10** Act 292 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a960ee20-5011-4ed0-a2ac-0d63369f6325`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).