---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies."
description: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 683"
citation: "Texas SB 683 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHARMACY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0022)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Buckingham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10252ece-478a-4b05-a1f4-5ac76f8c9b9d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 683.xml"
source_hash: "41751d050aadf9a47526680447a16f7fa33874381ee2d1974e0f33091c02b9e9"
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-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 683 (86) — Relating to the licensing and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00683I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-26** Record vote
- **2019-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Record vote
- **2019-03-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Postponed
- **2019-05-14** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Read
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10252ece-478a-4b05-a1f4-5ac76f8c9b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).