Medical Treatment of Animals
Summary
Medical Treatment of Animals; Authorizes certain veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine; provides jurisdiction of Board of Veterinary Medicine; authorizes veterinarian practicing telemedicine to order, prescribe, or make available specified medicinal drugs; prohibits such veterinarian from ordering, prescribing, or making available controlled substances unless certain conditions are met; revises grounds for disciplinary action against veterinarian; authorizes certain employees, agents, or contractors to administer rabies vaccinations; provides that supervising veterinarian assumes responsibility for any person working under veterinarian's supervision or at his or her direction; authorizes veterinarian who indirectly supervises administration of rabies vaccination to affix his or her signature stamp in lieu of actual signature on rabies vaccination certificate.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 23, 2023
Last action May 5, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 13, 2023
How they voted
107–0
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 117
Apr 13, 2023
D
Democratic32
90% Yea
R
Republican85
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
9
Committee
11
Apr 14, 2023
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Apr 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0
lower
Mar 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Commerce Committee
lower
Mar 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Commerce Committee
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Added to Commerce Committee agenda
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Now in Commerce Committee
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
lower
Mar 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Lower · Passed
Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Committee
Referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Committee
Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
James Buchanan
RRepublican
Co
JL
Johanna López
DDemocratic
Co
Kristen Arrington
DDemocratic
Co
Tom Leek
RRepublican
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