---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-state prescriptions."
description: "Provides that a pharmacist has a duty to honor all prescriptions issued by: (1) an advanced practice registered nurse; or (2) a physician assistant; licensed under the laws of another state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Indiana SB 21 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUGS AND MEDICINES", "PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS", "NURSES AND NURSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Linda Rogers", "Ronald Grooms", "Steven Davisson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/751d7249-60a6-4a1d-989d-8fb264ca8ee6"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/21"
source_hash: "9843a574312b0ba26a8cb95725bedaa8df6e3601ce88cf082e850bf10e76fba2"
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-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 21 (2020) — Out-of-state prescriptions.

Provides that a pharmacist has a duty to honor all prescriptions issued by: (1) an advanced practice registered nurse; or (2) a physician assistant; licensed under the laws of another state.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0021/versions/SB0021.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0021/versions/SB0021.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0021/versions/SB0021.02.COMS)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0021/versions/SB0021.03.COMH)

## Votes

- SB 21 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- SB 21 - Davisson - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
- Steven Davisson — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Christy Stutzman — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Kirchhofer — cosponsor (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Frank Mrvan — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- Jean Leising — coauthor (person)
- Justin Busch — coauthor (person)
- Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Mishler — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Authored by Senators Rogers, Grooms, Charbonneau
- **2020-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 12: yeas 46, nays 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-14** House sponsor: Representative Davisson
- **2020-01-14** Cosponsors: Representatives Kirchhofer and Stutzman
- **2020-01-14** Senators Brown L, Leising, Becker, Busch, Mrvan, Niezgodski, Crider added as coauthors
- **2020-01-14** Senator Doriot added as coauthor
- **2020-01-14** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
- **2020-01-14** Senator Mishler added as coauthor
- **2020-01-14** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2020-01-15** Referred to the House
- **2020-02-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 267: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to concur filed
- **2020-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 335: yeas 41, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-14** Public Law 28

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/751d7249-60a6-4a1d-989d-8fb264ca8ee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).