---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standing order for overdose intervention drugs."
description: "Provides that a statewide standing order for the dispensing of an overdose intervention drug must allow for choice in the: (1) purchasing; (2) dispensing; and (3) distributing; of any formulation or dosage of a naloxone product that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "Indiana SB 214 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUGS", "Treatment of Drug and Other Substance Abuse", "PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Vermilion", "Kyle Walker", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aebc8c43-38b6-4eff-9133-91ee743146af"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/214"
source_hash: "93467cc54abae38c7d7ca7d79c3480f76bef93a6dcfe4cbcbc699c6ca2ddd69f"
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 214 (2023) — Standing order for overdose intervention drugs.

Provides that a statewide standing order for the dispensing of an overdose intervention drug must allow for choice in the: (1) purchasing; (2) dispensing; and (3) distributing; of any formulation or dosage of a naloxone product that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

## 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/2023/bills/SB0214/versions/SB0214.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0214/versions/SB0214.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0214/versions/SB0214.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0214/versions/SB0214.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 214 - Vermilion A - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ann Vermilion — primary (person)
- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Cindy Ledbetter — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
- Jean Breaux — coauthor (person)
- Justin Busch — coauthor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
- Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Authored by Senator Walker K
- **2023-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Senator Johnson added as second author
- **2023-01-19** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Senator Becker added as coauthor
- **2023-01-19** Senators Charbonneau, Busch, Crider added as coauthors
- **2023-01-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Senator Pol added as coauthor
- **2023-01-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 20: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** House sponsor: Representative Vermilion
- **2023-01-24** Cosponsor: Representative Ledbetter C
- **2023-01-24** Senators Bohacek, Donato, Yoder, Breaux added as coauthors
- **2023-01-25** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 337: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Public Law 36 `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aebc8c43-38b6-4eff-9133-91ee743146af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).