---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Pharmacists to Administer Injectable Drugs."
description: "Allow Pharmacists to Administer Injectable Drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 96"
citation: "North Carolina HB 96 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "FAMILY ISSUES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MINORS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS & PHARMACIES", "PHARMACY BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY", "RATIFIED", "VACCINES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sasser", "Setzer", "White"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39809022-67c2-4b8b-8c74-26e68bafdd7c"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H96"
source_hash: "d30434c29d894ad28e15d6eba4e9d3e1e660a718c17c4f617fb4dc62404e34bb"
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-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 96 (2021) — Allow Pharmacists to Administer Injectable Drugs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H96v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H96v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H96v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H96v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H96v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H96v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2021-110** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H96v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **106–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sasser — primary (person)
- Setzer — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-20** Ch. SL 2021-110 `became-law`
- **2021-08-20** Signed by Gov. 8/20/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-10** Pres. To Gov. 8/10/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-09** Ratified
- **2021-08-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-05** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-05** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-05** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-08-04** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-08-04** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-08-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-21** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-20** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-06-16** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-01** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Added to Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Serial Referral To Insurance Stricken
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Insurance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39809022-67c2-4b8b-8c74-26e68bafdd7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).