---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy, State Board of, licensure requirements for pharmacists revised, continuing education requirements to be set by board rule, Secs. 34-23-51, 34-23-52 am'd."
description: "Pharmacy, State Board of, licensure requirements for pharmacists revised, continuing education requirements to be set by board rule, Secs. 34-23-51, 34-23-52 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "Alabama SB 202 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacies and Pharmacists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beasley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4ebf7be-d282-49a7-a6ec-9102bc1ea7ef"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB202"
source_hash: "7167f388d48bd9591fc49680b9ac324890b820f600528b0ac387f812580f7cd6"
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 202 (2021rs) — Pharmacy, State Board of, licensure requirements for pharmacists revised, continuing education requirements to be set by board rule, Secs. 34-23-51, 34-23-52 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB202-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB202-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 626 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 322 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beasley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 322 `passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 626 `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-185. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4ebf7be-d282-49a7-a6ec-9102bc1ea7ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).