All Roll Calls
Yes: 130 • No: 1
UtahS.B. 2612026 General SessionSenate
Pharmacy Practice Amendments
Sponsored By: Evan J. Vickers (Republican)
Signed by Governor
BusinessControlled SubstancesHealth and Human ServicesHealth CareHealth Care FacilitiesHealth Care ProfessionalsPharmaciesPharmacistsPharmaceuticalsOccupational and Professional Licensing
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Patients get more care from pharmacists
Utah pharmacists can start therapy, manage drug treatment, and help prevent disease through written agreements signed with practitioners. Each agreement needs at least one pharmacist and one practitioner. Beginning May 6, 2026, pharmacists can also prescribe state-designated drugs and devices, including vaccines and epinephrine. Prescribing is optional and must fit the pharmacist’s training and experience. This authority does not cover Schedule I, II, III, or IV controlled substances.
New checks for online cold medicine buyers
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah’s precursor-chemical retail rules include online personal-use orders delivered in person or picked up curbside. Covered retailers must make nearly all sales for personal use, measured by both number and volume. Utah must implement real-time tracking for covered nonprescription products, including pseudoephedrine, when a system is free to the state and retailers. Participating sellers must submit buyer and sale details before completing sales, including identification information and a signed statement of accuracy. Sellers must block sales flagged by the system, with logged overrides and rule-based exceptions for imminent bodily harm or system failure. Without an approved, implemented system, covered online sales are banned. Records are confidential but available to courts, state inspectors, and authorized law enforcement. Compliant retailers receive civil liability protections, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct, plus protection for certain system-caused data breaches.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Evan J. Vickers
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Steve Eliason
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 63 • No: 1
House vote • 3/3/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2026
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 22 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/24/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 24 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/12/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/12/2026
Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/18/2026Senate/ to Governor
3/13/2026SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/13/2026SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2026SenateEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/10/2026Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
3/10/2026Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
3/10/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/10/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
3/3/2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
3/3/2026House/ to standing committee
3/2/2026HouseHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
3/2/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/27/2026HouseSenate/ to House
2/27/2026SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
2/25/2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
2/25/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd reading
2/24/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2026
Substitute #1
2/11/2026
Introduced
2/6/2026