Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona HB2953: pharmacy board; civil penalties.
Status: Chaptered, June 19, 2026
HB2953 - pharmacy board; civil penalties.
What the bill says
An act Amending sections 32-1904 and 32-1927.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state board of pharmacy.
From the chaptered text, July 1, 2026:
AN ACT Amending sections 32-1904 and 32-1927.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state board of pharmacy. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Section 32-1904, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to immunity A. The board shall: 1. Make bylaws and adopt rules that are necessary to protect the public and that pertain to the practice of pharmacy, the manufacturing, wholesaling or supplying of drugs, devices, poisons or hazardous substances, the use of pharmacy technicians and support personnel and the lawful performance of its duties. 2. Fix standards and requirements to register and reregister pharmacies, except as otherwise specified. 3. Investigate compliance as to the quality, label and labeling of all drugs, devices, poisons or hazardous substances and take action necessary to prevent the sale of these if they do not conform to the standards prescribed in this chapter, the official compendium or the federal act. 4. Enforce its rules. In so doing, the board or its agents have free access, during the hours reported with the board or the posted hours at the facility, to any pharmacy, manufacturer, wholesaler, third-party logistics provider, nonprescription drug permittee or other establishment in which drugs, devices, poisons or hazardous substances are manufactured, processed, packed or held, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such drugs, devices, …
Sponsors
- Selina Bliss (R, HD-001) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 207
- : Governor Signed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Senate third reading passed (29 votes)
- : Transmitted to House
- : Passed
- : Senate read second time
- : Senate read first time
- : Rules: proper for consideration
- : Assigned to Rules
Votes
- THIRD Passed (June 9, 2026): 29 yea, 0 nay, passed
- RAGE DP (March 18, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (February 23, 2026): 57 yea, 0 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (February 16, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- HHS DP (February 9, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB2953?
- HB2953 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): pharmacy board; civil penalties.
- What does HB2953 do?
- In its own words: An act Amending sections 32-1904 and 32-1927.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state board of pharmacy.
- What is the status of HB2953?
- Chaptered as of June 19, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 207 (June 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2953?
- Selina Bliss (R, HD-001).
- Where is the official record for HB2953?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85111/?SessionId=130
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