pharmacies; emergency authority
HB 2627 allows pharmacists in Arizona to provide emergency prescription refills during declared natural disasters or terrorist attacks. It permits a one-time 30-day supply of essential medications if a pharmacist determines the drug is critical for life or ongoing treatment, with a second refill allowed after 21 days if the emergency continues. The bill also authorizes out-of-state pharmacists working in relief efforts to dispense medications and lets health system-owned pharmacies compound drugs for their own patients during emergencies. This directly affects pharmacists, healthcare providers, and residents displaced or impacted by disasters in Arizona. The law ends when the declared emergency concludes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 27, 2025
Signed Apr 18, 2025
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House Engrossed Version
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Chaptered Version
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized and approved by the Governor, adding official chapter designation and filing dates. The core emergency pharmacy provisions remain substantively unchanged, though some text formatting and capitalization inconsistencies were corrected during the chaptering process.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it continues to authorize emergency prescription refills during natural disasters or terrorist attacks in Arizona and other states.
TECHNICAL
Added official chapter number (Chapter 86) and approval/filing dates (April 18-21, 2025) to indicate the bill has become law.
Corrected formatting inconsistencies, including capitalization errors (e.g., 'ARizona', 'THIRTY-DAY') and removed redundant markup text.
Standardized capitalization in subsections (e.g., changed 'C OF THIS SECTION' to 'C of this section').
Floor votes · Senate Apr 10, 2025 · House Mar 4, 2025
How they voted
29–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 30
Apr 10, 2025
D
Democratic13
92% Yea
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
1
Amendments
2
Apr 18, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
DP
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
PASSED
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
DPA
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
DPA
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeff Weninger
RRepublican
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