TO EXEMPT THE SALE OF VETERINARY DRUGS AND MEDICINE IF BASED ON A PRESCRIPTION OF A LICENSED VETERINARIAN FROM THE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PHARMACIST AND A PHARMACY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
Apr 2023
Introduced Mar 16, 2023
Signed Apr 11, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 6, 2023 · House Mar 30, 2023
How they voted
20–1
Passed
Total votes 21
Apr 6, 2023
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 11, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that HB1662 is now Act 591
lower
Apr 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 4, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 30, 2023
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Mar 30, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 29, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 28, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 16, 2023
Introduced
Filed
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chad Puryear
RRepublican
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