GA HB 981
died on adjournmentProfessions and businesses; expand certain advanced practice registered nurse and physician assistant prescriptive authorizations
Georgia · 2025_26 · lower
Quick answers
Did GA HB 981 pass?
No. GA HB 981 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-27): House Second Readers
What is GA HB 981 about?
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 expand certain advanced practice registered nurse and physician assistant prescriptive authorizations; to provide for a definition; to increase certain prescriptive authorizations from five-day to 30 day supplies; to remove certain prohibitions on writing prescriptions for minors; to provide for certain prescriptive authorization to order stimulants; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Who sponsors GA HB 981?
Alan Powell, Ginny Ehrhart, Angie O'Steen and 3 others are the primary sponsors of GA HB 981.
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 expand certain advanced practice registered nurse and physician assistant prescriptive authorizations; to provide for a definition; to increase certain prescriptive authorizations from five-day to 30 day supplies; to remove certain prohibitions on writing prescriptions for minors; to provide for certain prescriptive authorization to order stimulants; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-15
- Latest action
- 2026-01-27 — House Second Readers
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Alan Powellprimary
- Ginny Ehrhartprimary
- Angie O'Steenprimary
- Mack Jacksonprimary
- Jan Jonesprimary
- Sandy Donatucciprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-15
House Hopper
introduction
2026-01-16
House First Readers
reading-1
2026-01-27
House Second Readers
reading-2
Versions
- LC 46 1327/aCompare
Documents
Votes
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Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
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