---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy Technician Supervision Ratio"
description: "Currently, a pharmacist may supervise no more than 3 pharmacy technicians. The bill allows a pharmacist to supervise up to 6 pharmacy technicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-268"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-268 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Kerr", "Jim Smallwood", "Joann Ginal", "Kim Ransom"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46f98ec6-eb9c-4d8b-8a8e-817abddba86d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-268"
source_hash: "8e4aba7d9f57177d44db7bada79e3a5442c21b43306d07491dec0fbfb654a577"
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-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 17-268 (2017A) — Pharmacy Technician Supervision Ratio

Currently, a pharmacist may supervise no more than 3 pharmacy technicians. The bill allows a pharmacist to supervise up to 6 pharmacy technicians.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_hhs_2017a_20170406t133338z0__hearing_summary/170406%20AttachA.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_SB268_H_HIE_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (04/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_268_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (04/26/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_268_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (03/29/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_268_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (04/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_268shhs_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/12/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_268_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_268_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_268_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_268_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-268 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-268, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andy Kerr — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Kim Ransom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46f98ec6-eb9c-4d8b-8a8e-817abddba86d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).