DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION: Provides relative to prescribing, administering, and dispensing of drugs for off-label use
Bill status
failed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2022
Last action Jun 6, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jun 1, 2022 · House May 11, 2022
How they voted
28–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 33
Jun 1, 2022
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican22
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
9
Amendments
3
Jun 6, 2022
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
Jun 6, 2022
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 80, nays 9. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
Jun 6, 2022
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received.
lower
Jun 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
Jun 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Fred Mills, Hewitt, and McMath.
upper
Jun 1, 2022
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 26, 2022
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 25, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 12, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
upper
May 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 20. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 3, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments (10-0).
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Michael Echols
RRepublican
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