---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacist Dispense Drug Without Prescription In Emergency"
description: "Pharmacists - chronic maintenance drugs - dispense without prescription. The act allows a pharmacist to dispense an emergency supply of a chronic maintenance drug to a patient without a prescription if:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1077"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1077 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Dylan Roberts", "Jack Tate"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44a2fca2-3645-444b-a31f-4f9c40ea6bb3"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1077"
source_hash: "a1ab13ef61965d88aa3e0a35b141b119dc02a411b1e5db1613295f8fc941c177"
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 19-1077 (2019A) — Pharmacist Dispense Drug Without Prescription In Emergency

Pharmacists - chronic maintenance drugs - dispense without prescription. The act allows a pharmacist to dispense an emergency supply of a chronic maintenance drug to a patient without a prescription if:

## 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/2019a_hb1077_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1077_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1077_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1077_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1077%20hi_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1077shhs_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (01/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1077_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (02/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1077_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (02/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1077_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1077_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **56–6** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Jack Tate — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 03/01/2019
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2019-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44a2fca2-3645-444b-a31f-4f9c40ea6bb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).