---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacist Prescribe Dispense Opiate Antagonist"
description: "The act requires a pharmacist who dispenses an opioid to an individual to inform the individual of the potential dangers of a high dose of an opioid and offer to prescribe the individual an opiate antagonist if:The individual is, at the same time, prescribed a benzodiazepine, a sedative hypnotic drug, carisoprodol, tramadol, or gabapentin; or"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-011"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-011 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Mullica", "Rhonda Fields", "Rod Pelton"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/510d092a-b603-4e4b-b6cc-b3377392cfd5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-011"
source_hash: "c48280f7004aa6de1bec94ac35df7f079db08ddeaba3ea4589f7feca6a2fa903"
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 21-011 (2021A) — Pharmacist Prescribe Dispense Opiate Antagonist

The act requires a pharmacist who dispenses an opioid to an individual to inform the individual of the potential dangers of a high dose of an opioid and offer to prescribe the individual an opiate antagonist if:The individual is, at the same time, prescribed a benzodiazepine, a sedative hypnotic drug, carisoprodol, tramadol, or gabapentin; or

## 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/2021a_sb011_h_pbh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_011_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_011_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_011_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_011shhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_011shhsapp.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_011_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_011_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_011_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_011_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **48–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **17–18** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+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/510d092a-b603-4e4b-b6cc-b3377392cfd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).