---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Board of Pharmacy; to amend Section 34-23-30 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to persons required to have a permit issued by the board to perform pharmacy services; to provide that an entity providing pharmacy services to residents of this state, rather than a person, would be required to have a permit issued by the board."
description: "Pharmacy Board, pharmacy permits, amended to clarify that only an entity required to have a permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Alabama SB 16 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacy Board"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Butler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0979237d-9dc7-46df-976c-bc878b3e9251"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "1f516ec70f606106d2dc9e3f9685090a8977dd11f7a12cd6f05da49d083b18d4"
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 16 (2023rs) — Relating to the Board of Pharmacy; to amend Section 34-23-30 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to persons required to have a permit issued by the board to perform pharmacy services; to provide that an entity providing pharmacy services to residents of this state, rather than a person, would be required to have a permit issued by the board.

Pharmacy Board, pharmacy permits, amended to clarify that only an entity required to have a permit.

## 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/SB16-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-60** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1245009.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB16-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 54 on SB16 (2023 Regular Session) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 294 on SB16 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tom Butler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Health) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Health) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+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 (Healthcare) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Healthcare) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-60 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0979237d-9dc7-46df-976c-bc878b3e9251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).