---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacists, biological drug products, substitution with interchangeable biological products as defined, Sec. 34-23-8.1 added; Sec. 34-23-1 am'd."
description: "Pharmacists, biological drug products, substitution with interchangeable biological products as defined, Sec. 34-23-8.1 added; Sec. 34-23-1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Alabama SB 245 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed97aa67-c98e-46f6-8133-e5210dfeeb55"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB245"
source_hash: "12575c9d3db8c0dc8b0fd58a7e40f1835ddc403f39016c46b116b3a28123ac0c"
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-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 245 (2019rs) — Pharmacists, biological drug products, substitution with interchangeable biological products as defined, Sec. 34-23-8.1 added; Sec. 34-23-1 am'd.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB245-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199259-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199259-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 199742-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199742-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 201178-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201178-3.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB245-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB245-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 950 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 385 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1178 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 384 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 383 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 949 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Butler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Healthcare Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 383 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Butler Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 384 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 385 `passage`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Health Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 949 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 950 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1178 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-406. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed97aa67-c98e-46f6-8133-e5210dfeeb55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).