---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"PRACTICE OF PHARMACY\" TO ALLOW VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATIONS TO BE GIVEN TO A PERSON FROM SEVEN (7) YEARS OF AGE TO EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE UNDER A GENERAL WRITTEN PROTOCOL."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"PRACTICE OF PHARMACY\" TO ALLOW VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATIONS TO BE GIVEN TO A PERSON FROM SEVEN (7) YEARS OF AGE TO EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE UNDER A GENERAL WRITTEN PROTOCOL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1278"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1278 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60cf975d-90d7-46cd-8169-cce2e706e5f2"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c2826ca25af8eb0e63132c6a467128aeac04ad99e9e42211a9cf633dc81f9f64"
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-ar"]
---

# Arkansas HB 1278 (2019) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "PRACTICE OF PHARMACY" TO ALLOW VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATIONS TO BE GIVEN TO A PERSON FROM SEVEN (7) YEARS OF AGE TO EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE UNDER A GENERAL WRITTEN PROTOCOL.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=HB1278-S1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **HB 1278** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1278.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **83–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Received from the House.
- **2019-03-05** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-03-25** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-03-25** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-03-26** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-03-26** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-03-26** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2019-03-29** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-04-01** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-02** Notification that HB1278 is now Act 652 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60cf975d-90d7-46cd-8169-cce2e706e5f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).