---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for licensed pharmacists to administer certain drugs, authorizing certain business entities to hire physicians and chiropractors and requiring electronic prescriptions for opiates."
description: "Providing for licensed pharmacists to administer certain drugs, authorizing certain business entities to hire physicians and chiropractors and requiring electronic prescriptions for opiates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2119"
citation: "Kansas HB 2119 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df2ff80c-66b8-47e1-bfe1-26efb3bd8e32"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2119"
source_hash: "9891d8e9d014387f5341dd4a18a9d8ca9a6efe2f03bc41a16734d444457d6db4"
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-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2119 (2019-2020) — Providing for licensed pharmacists to administer certain drugs, authorizing certain business entities to hire physicians and chiropractors and requiring electronic prescriptions for opiates.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2119_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2119_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2119_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2119_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **117–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing: Monday, February 11, 2019, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2019-02-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Engrossed on Thursday, February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing: Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2019-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2019-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Olson, Senator Billinger and Senator Ware appointed as conferees
- **2019-04-03** Representative Landwehr, Representative Eplee, and Representative Murnan are appointed to replace Representative Kelly, Representative Orr, and Representative Finney on the Conference Committee
- **2019-04-03** Senator Suellentrop, Senator Berger, and Senator Bollier are appointed to replace Senator Olson, Senator Billinger, and Senator Ware on the Conference Committee
- **2019-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 117 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 18, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Reengrossed on Sunday, April 7, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df2ff80c-66b8-47e1-bfe1-26efb3bd8e32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).