---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacist licensure."
description: "Removes an examination requirement for certain pharmacists for license reciprocity. Requires an individual to pass the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination to be eligible for licensure as a pharmacist. Voids or requires the amendment of certain administrative rules. Makes technical changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "Indiana SB 293 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA)", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Pharmacies", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Pharmacists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Eric Koch", "Robert Morris", "Spencer Deery"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40d61eb3-d6fa-41eb-b6d6-9507358d60a1"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0293"
source_hash: "3ebf93757fd3818ef4e77e31f5a90c17dd7a6e5a4402e893df6b6a92d7871265"
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-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 293 (2026) — Pharmacist licensure.

Removes an examination requirement for certain pharmacists for license reciprocity. Requires an individual to pass the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination to be eligible for licensure as a pharmacist. Voids or requires the amendment of certain administrative rules. Makes technical changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0293/SB0293.04.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0293/SB0293.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0293/SB0293.02.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0293/SB0293.03.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 293 - Buchanan - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 293 - Buchanan — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 293 - Morris - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Robert Morris — primary (person)
- Spencer Deery — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Brad Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Porter — cosponsor (person)
- Heath VanNatter — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- Mark Spencer — coauthor (person)
- Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Authored by Senator Buchanan
- **2026-01-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-26** Senator Koch added as second author
- **2026-01-26** Senator Deery added as third author
- **2026-01-26** Senators Donato, Doriot, Ford J.D., Spencer added as coauthors
- **2026-01-28** Cosponsor: Representative VanNatter
- **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 130: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-28** House sponsor: Representative Morris
- **2026-01-29** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Representative Barrett added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-10** Representative Porter added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 313: yeas 97, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-24** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-25** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 289: yeas 45, nays 2
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-05** Public Law 140 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40d61eb3-d6fa-41eb-b6d6-9507358d60a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).