---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy Practice Act"
description: "The act authorizes a pharmacy technician or a pharmacy intern, under the supervision of a pharmacist, to replenish medication in a cassette device used for the automatic packaging of medication. The act also allows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-209"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-209 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Smallwood", "Mandy Lindsay", "Robert Rodriguez", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/795f94d3-03fb-492f-9f3f-f0627203c61d"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-209"
source_hash: "18f3ead3bab60530c2dea6933acc144f5590bd638e62ca3f74698f1f5dfabdda"
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 SB 24-209 (2024A) — Pharmacy Practice Act

The act authorizes a pharmacy technician or a pharmacy intern, under the supervision of a pharmacist, to replenish medication in a cassette device used for the automatic packaging of medication. The act also allows:

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_sb209_h_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_209_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_209_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_209_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_209_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_209_h_hhs_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_209_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_209_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_209_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_209_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **55–8** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/795f94d3-03fb-492f-9f3f-f0627203c61d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).