---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacists To Serve As Practitioners"
description: "The bill clarifies that a licensed and qualified pharmacist may serve as a practitioner and prescribe over-the-counter medication under the \"Colorado Medical Assistance Act\" and a statewide drug therapy protocol pursuant to a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1313"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1313 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irene Aguilar", "Joann Ginal", "Jon Becker", "Kevin Priola"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f08c3a61-9474-4c9a-9029-79621e4e5357"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1313"
source_hash: "054f225da12dfc8f6f4407896d4298b40975deb04cafc3469aa96be7db5b576e"
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-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 18-1313 (2018A) — Pharmacists To Serve As Practitioners

The bill clarifies that a licensed and qualified pharmacist may serve as a practitioner and prescribe over-the-counter medication under the "Colorado Medical Assistance Act" and a statewide drug therapy protocol pursuant to a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1313_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1313_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1313_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1313_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1313hie_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1313_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1313_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1313_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1313_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irene Aguilar — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Jon Becker — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f08c3a61-9474-4c9a-9029-79621e4e5357`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).