---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Board of Pharmacy; to amend Section 34-23-32 of the Code of Alabama 1975, requiring a manufacturer, bottler, packager, wholesale drug distributor, and other entities in the supply chain for pharmaceutical products to obtain an annual permit from the board; to require each permit holder to designate a representative of the permit holder who would be required to register with the board; and to provide for an additional annual registration fee."
description: "Pharmacy Board, permit holders, required to designate a representative, qualifications, fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "Alabama HB 79 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacy Board"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillip Rigsby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b95a3512-2cb8-4552-b885-14008b1a479f"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "efe5886f63d87c3b687065db6c9a952eb81bb773155b0f2df4ae6a11efed8e1a"
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 HB 79 (2023rs) — Relating to the Board of Pharmacy; to amend Section 34-23-32 of the Code of Alabama 1975, requiring a manufacturer, bottler, packager, wholesale drug distributor, and other entities in the supply chain for pharmaceutical products to obtain an annual permit from the board; to require each permit holder to designate a representative of the permit holder who would be required to register with the board; and to provide for an additional annual registration fee.

Pharmacy Board, permit holders, required to designate a representative, qualifications, fees

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB79-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1252291.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB79-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 384 on HB79 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 130 on HB79 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 131 on HB79 (2023 Regular Session) — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Phillip Rigsby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (State Governmental Affairs) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Add Cosponsor
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-119 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b95a3512-2cb8-4552-b885-14008b1a479f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).