---
type: "Bill"
title: "remote dispensing pharmacies; rural hospitals"
description: "remote dispensing pharmacies; rural hospitals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1604"
citation: "Arizona SB 1604 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARIZONA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY (H)", "DISPENSING SITE", "HOSPITALS", "PHARMACIST", "PHARMACISTS (H)", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "RECORDKEEPING", "REMOTE DISPENSING PHARMACIES", "REQUIREMENTS", "RURAL HOSPITALS", "STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/460b33cc-74a5-45ae-8299-4de75137ab4e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75729?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "3ea8bd2c1cd8e2484e6b8f11281669dae9a18e1444a30a6e8c59d730feaa943d"
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-az"]
---

# Arizona SB 1604 (55th-1st-regular) — remote dispensing pharmacies; rural hospitals

## Version chain

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

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/laws/0181.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1604P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1604S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Ugenti-Rita — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-29** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/460b33cc-74a5-45ae-8299-4de75137ab4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).