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type: "Bill"
title: "Education; authorize public and private schools to stock a supply of undesignated ready-to-use glucagon"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to authorize public and private schools to stock a supply of undesignated ready-to-use glucagon; to provide for a definition; to provide for requirements for the storage, maintenance, and distribution of undesignated ready-to-use glucagon; to provide for the authorized use of undesignated ready-to-use glucagon; to provide for arrangements with manufacturers; to provide for regulations; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to authorize certain healthcare practitioners to prescribe or dispense glucagon to an authorized entity for emergency purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 440"
citation: "Georgia HB 440 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carl Gilliard", "Chris Erwin", "Doug Stoner", "Lee Hawkins", "Patty Marie Stinson", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02ac57b9-6e6a-479a-bb28-bc9bde0e9c26"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e1279f62641551120d07eb27ac94f9612327c07e5a84cb73b179ee43d854a17b"
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 440 (2023_24) — Education; authorize public and private schools to stock a supply of undesignated ready-to-use glucagon
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to authorize public and private schools to stock a supply of undesignated ready-to-use glucagon; to provide for a definition; to provide for requirements for the storage, maintenance, and distribution of undesignated ready-to-use glucagon; to provide for the authorized use of undesignated ready-to-use glucagon; to provide for arrangements with manufacturers; to provide for regulations; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to authorize certain healthcare practitioners to prescribe or dispense glucagon to an authorized entity for emergency purposes; 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 440/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217864.pdf)
2. **LC 49 1153/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214876.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #222 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #88 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Doug Stoner — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Patty Marie Stinson — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-15** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Act 10 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02ac57b9-6e6a-479a-bb28-bc9bde0e9c26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).