republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1242.md

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Bill	Board Of Pharmacy Regulate Pharmacy Technicians	Pharmacy technicians - regulation by state board of pharmacy - certification - provisional certification - criminal history record checks - renewal - continuing education - unprofessional conduct - discipline - supervision by pharmacist - authorized activities - sunset review - appropriation. The act requires pharmacy technicians practicing in Colorado on or after March 30, 2020, to obtain a certification from the state board of pharmacy (board). An applicant for certification by the board must provide proof of certification by a board-approved, nationally recognized organization that certifies pharmacy technicians and must either submit to a criminal history record check in the form and manner determined by the board by rule or provide evidence of submitting to a criminal history record check at the time of hire or as a condition of national certification as a pharmacy technician. If an applicant is not certified by a national certifying organization at the time of application for state certification, the board may grant a provisional certification to the applicant to allow the applicant up to 18 months or, if granted a hardship extension, an additional period determined by the board, to obtain national certification. A provisional certification is not renewable, and if the provisional certificant fails to obtain the national certification within the 18-month period or extended period granted by the board, the provisional certification expires and the person cannot practice as a pharmacy technician until the person satisfies all requirements for certification by the board.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2019A	HB 19-1242	Colorado HB 19-1242 (2019A)	bill		enacted	Dominique Jackson Faith Winter Jack Tate Sonya Jaquez Lewis	11	18	4	2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00	2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1bc44a7e-cc24-4e1d-8e2f-a7d50ed4dedb	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1242	059aec02d523139cbdeb6ce80f65fa813e55546632c5f16f6aa20b3ed9ff8e58	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 19-1242 (2019A) — Board Of Pharmacy Regulate Pharmacy Technicians

Pharmacy technicians - regulation by state board of pharmacy - certification - provisional certification - criminal history record checks - renewal - continuing education - unprofessional conduct - discipline - supervision by pharmacist - authorized activities - sunset review - appropriation. The act requires pharmacy technicians practicing in Colorado on or after March 30, 2020, to obtain a certification from the state board of pharmacy (board). An applicant for certification by the board must provide proof of certification by a board-approved, nationally recognized organization that certifies pharmacy technicians and must either submit to a criminal history record check in the form and manner determined by the board by rule or provide evidence of submitting to a criminal history record check at the time of hire or as a condition of national certification as a pharmacy technician. If an applicant is not certified by a national certifying organization at the time of application for state certification, the board may grant a provisional certification to the applicant to allow the applicant up to 18 months or, if granted a hardship extension, an additional period determined by the board, to obtain national certification. A provisional certification is not renewable, and if the provisional certificant fails to obtain the national certification within the 18-month period or extended period granted by the board, the provisional certification expires and the person cannot practice as a pharmacy technician until the person satisfies all requirements for certification by the board.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/18/2019) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/22/2019) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/15/2019) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/28/2019) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/16/2019) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (04/27/2019) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/19/2019) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (04/29/2019) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (04/27/2019) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/03/2019) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 45–19 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 46–17 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 30–5 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 43–20 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dominique Jackson — primary (person)
• Faith Winter — primary (person)
• Jack Tate — primary (person)
• Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2019-05-22T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2019-05-22T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance introduction
• 2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1bc44a7e-cc24-4e1d-8e2f-a7d50ed4dedb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).