---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the Board of Pharmacy; relating to the practice of pharmacy; relating to pharmacies; relating to prescription drug manufacturers; relating to licensing and registration requirements for certain wholesale drug distributors; relating to prescriptions for epinephrine; relating to the administration of epinephrine; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the Board of Pharmacy; relating to the practice of pharmacy; relating to pharmacies; relating to prescription drug manufacturers; relating to licensing and registration requirements for certain wholesale drug distributors; relating to prescriptions for epinephrine; relating to the administration of epinephrine; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "HB 112"
citation: "Alaska HB 112 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "DRUGS", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "INTERNET", "LICENSING", "MEDIA", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PHARMACISTS", "REGULATIONS", "SALARIES & ALLOWANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruffridge"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 91
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-13"
last_action: "2023-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb185f9c-3a3f-4b28-8665-880c0def518f"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB112"
source_hash: "506dbd2ffc48e5db51bc15990663446c2a3631b31dbd15bf88b5c98937037565"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ak"]
---

# Alaska HB 112 (33) — An Act relating to the Board of Pharmacy; relating to the practice of pharmacy; relating to pharmacies; relating to prescription drug manufacturers; relating to licensing and registration requirements for certain wholesale drug distributors; relating to prescriptions for epinephrine; relating to the administration of epinephrine; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CSHB 112(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0112B)
2. **CSHB 112(L&C) am** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0112C)
3. **Enrolled HB 112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0112Z)
4. **HB 112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0112A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N1 #1233 — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y2 N38 # 1132 — **2–38** (fail) · lower
- (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y36 N4 #1137 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y36 N4 #1136 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING Y38 N2 #1136 — **38–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y7 N33 # 1134 — **7–33** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruffridge — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Mears — cosponsor (person)
- Merrick — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-13** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** (H) HSS, L&C
- **2023-03-23** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2023-03-23** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-03-23** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2023-03-27** (H) COSPONSOR(S): MEARS
- **2023-03-28** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2023-03-28** (H) Moved HB 112 Out of Committee
- **2023-03-28** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2023-03-29** (H) HSS RPT 5DP
- **2023-03-29** (H) DP: MINA, RUFFRIDGE, SUMNER, FIELDS, PRAX
- **2023-03-29** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2023-04-05** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2023-04-05** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2023-04-06** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS
- **2023-04-10** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2023-04-10** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-10** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2023-04-12** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2023-04-12** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-04-12** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2023-04-14** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2023-04-14** (H) Moved HB 112 Out of Committee
- **2023-04-14** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2023-04-17** (H) L&C RPT 5DP 2NR
- **2023-04-17** (H) DP: PRAX, RUFFRIDGE, FIELDS, CARRICK, SUMNER
- **2023-04-17** (H) NR: SADDLER, WRIGHT
- **2023-04-17** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2023-04-19** (H) CORRECTED L&C RPT CS(L&C) NEW TITLE 5DP 2NR
- **2023-04-19** (H) DP: PRAX, RUFFRIDGE, FIELDS, CARRICK, SUMNER
- **2023-04-19** (H) NR: SADDLER, WRIGHT
- **2023-04-19** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2023-04-19** (H) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER L&C
- **2023-05-08** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2023-05-08** (H) Heard & Held
- **2023-05-08** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2023-05-09** (H) COSPONSOR(S): WRIGHT
- **2023-05-15** (H) FIN RPT CS(L&C) NEW TITLE 9DP 1NR
- **2023-05-15** (H) DP: TOMASZEWSKI, CRONK, ORTIZ, COULOMBE, GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON, D.JOHNSON,
- **2023-05-15** (H) FOSTER
- **2023-05-15** (H) NR: STAPP
- **2023-05-15** (H) FN2: (CED)
- **2023-05-15** (H) FINANCE at 10:30 AM ADAMS 519
- **2023-05-15** (H) Moved CSHB 112(L&C) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 10:40 AM --
- **2023-05-15** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2023-05-15** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-05-15** (S) <Pending Referral> -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2023-05-16** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/16/2023
- **2023-05-16** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** (H) L&C CS ADOPTED UC
- **2023-05-16** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y2 N38 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-16** (H) AM NO 2 FAILED Y7 N33 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-16** (H) AM NO 3 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING Y38 N2 `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 112(L&C) AM `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** (H) PASSED Y36 N4 `passage`
- **2023-05-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-16** (H) SADDLER NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2023-05-16** (H) RECON SAME DAY UC - IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** (H) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y36 N4 `passage`
- **2023-05-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-16** (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2023-05-16** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2023-05-16** (H) VERSION: CSHB 112(L&C) AM
- **2023-05-16** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-05-16** (S) FIN
- **2023-05-16** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-05-16** (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2023-05-17** (S) FIN RPT 3DP 3NR
- **2023-05-17** (S) DP: OLSON, KIEHL, MERRICK
- **2023-05-17** (S) NR: STEDMAN, WILSON, BISHOP
- **2023-05-17** (S) FN2: (CED)
- **2023-05-17** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/23
- **2023-05-17** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 112(L&C) AM `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** (S) PASSED Y19 N1 `passage`
- **2023-05-17** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2023-05-17** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2023-05-17** (S) VERSION: CSHB 112(L&C) AM
- **2023-05-17** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MERRICK, GRAY-JACKSON, DUNBAR, CLAMAN, STEDMAN, STEVENS
- **2023-05-17** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2023-05-17** (S) Moved CSHB 112(L&C) AM Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2023-05-17** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2023-10-16** (H) 2:26 P.M. 6/26/23 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-16** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2023-10-16** (H) Signed into law 7/6 CHAPTER 15 SLA 23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`
- **2023-10-16** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/28/23
- **2023-10-16** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 39
- **2023-10-16** (H) FN2: (CED)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb185f9c-3a3f-4b28-8665-880c0def518f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).