---
type: "Bill"
title: "Other Outlet Pharmacies Drug Distribution"
description: "The act clarifies that a registered prescription drug outlet and an other outlet may make a casual sale of a drug in the manufacturer's sealed container to another registered outlet and to a practitioner authorized to prescribe the drug."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1050"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1050 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Colin Larson", "Edie Hooton", "Jack Tate", "Joann Ginal"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ab41a6a-e298-4e84-876f-c5a6a3a4d159"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1050"
source_hash: "2025a10ae23125d91bd2450946315f2e8fbe9a234ac3d66c2df71d1a01ff6090"
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 20-1050 (2020A) — Other Outlet Pharmacies Drug Distribution

The act clarifies that a registered prescription drug outlet and an other outlet may make a casual sale of a drug in the manufacturer's sealed container to another registered outlet and to a practitioner authorized to prescribe the drug.

## 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/2020a_hb1050_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1050_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/17/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1050_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1050_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1050pubhe_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1050_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1050_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1050_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/24/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1050_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Colin Larson — primary (person)
- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ab41a6a-e298-4e84-876f-c5a6a3a4d159`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).