republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-293.md

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Bill	Pharmacist licensure.	Removes an examination requirement for certain pharmacists for license reciprocity. Requires an individual to pass the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination to be eligible for licensure as a pharmacist. Voids or requires the amendment of certain administrative rules. Makes technical changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 293	Indiana SB 293 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA) HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Pharmacies HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Pharmacists	enacted	Brian Buchanan Eric Koch Robert Morris Spencer Deery	4	25	3	2026-01-12	2026-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/40d61eb3-d6fa-41eb-b6d6-9507358d60a1	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0293	3ebf93757fd3818ef4e77e31f5a90c17dd7a6e5a4402e893df6b6a92d7871265	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 293 (2026) — Pharmacist licensure.

Removes an examination requirement for certain pharmacists for license reciprocity. Requires an individual to pass the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination to be eligible for licensure as a pharmacist. Voids or requires the amendment of certain administrative rules. Makes technical changes.

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 293 - Buchanan - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 293 - Buchanan — 45–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 293 - Morris - 3rd Reading — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Robert Morris — primary (person)
• Spencer Deery — primary (person)
• Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
• Brad Barrett — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory Porter — cosponsor (person)
• Heath VanNatter — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
• Mark Spencer — coauthor (person)
• Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-12 Authored by Senator Buchanan
• 2026-01-22 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-26 Senator Koch added as second author
• 2026-01-26 Senator Deery added as third author
• 2026-01-26 Senators Donato, Doriot, Ford J.D., Spencer added as coauthors
• 2026-01-28 Cosponsor: Representative VanNatter
• 2026-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 130: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-28 House sponsor: Representative Morris
• 2026-01-29 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Representative Barrett added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-10 Representative Porter added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-17 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 313: yeas 97, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-24 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-24 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-25 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 289: yeas 45, nays 2
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-05 Public Law 140 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40d61eb3-d6fa-41eb-b6d6-9507358d60a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).