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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professions and businesses; authority to certain nurses and physician assistants to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances; authorize"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, assistants, and others, so as to authorize physicians to delegate the authority to advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances; provide for requirements; to provide for automatic approval of nurse protocol agreements and job descriptions under certain conditions; to provide for legislative findings; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 557"
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citation: "Georgia HB 557 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Butch Parrish", "Debbie Buckner", "Jan Jones", "Kim Schofield", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-22"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/929e7eb4-fc11-4b31-a593-46ed1b25012c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f151b8560bab808938698871c3228f8d907628e72ff3a3a2159d41f8adfe36a5"
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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 HB 557 (2023_24) — Professions and businesses; authority to certain nurses and physician assistants to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances; authorize
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, assistants, and others, so as to authorize physicians to delegate the authority to advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances; provide for requirements; to provide for automatic approval of nurse protocol agreements and job descriptions under certain conditions; to provide for legislative findings; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 36 0963** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220121.pdf)
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2. **HB 557/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223525.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 9429/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215644.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 9466S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217146.pdf)
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5. **LC 33 9466S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216518.pdf)
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6. **LC 33 9600S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223332.pdf)
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7. **SCSFA TO HB 557** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219693.pdf)
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8. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 9505S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218371.pdf)
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9. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 33 2037** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219540.pdf)
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10. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 33 2040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219638.pdf)
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11. **Sen floor amend 2A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219688.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #318 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #186 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **136–38** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #484 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–3** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #445 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **132–35** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #345 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **173–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
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- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Kim Schofield — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-22** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2023-03-29** House Insisted
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- **2023-03-29** House Conference Committee Appointed 164th, 158th, 47th
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 20th, 32nd, 52nd
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- **2024-02-08** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2024-02-08** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Act 394 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/929e7eb4-fc11-4b31-a593-46ed1b25012c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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