---
title: PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS - Texas Legislation
subject: PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS
total_bills: 4
unique_authors: 4
critical_bills: 1
high_cost_bills: 0
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/pharmacies-pharmacists"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 4
- **Unique Authors:** 4
- **Critical Compliance:** 1 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 4

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 3 bills
- **Senate:** 1 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 1 bills
- **Moderate:** 3 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Bryan Hughes** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Joanne Shofner** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Judith Zaffirini** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Lois Kolkhorst** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/medicine-prescription-drugs) (3 shared bills)
- [Health Care Providers](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-care-providers) (2 shared bills)
- [Occupational Regulation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/occupational-regulation) (2 shared bills)
- [Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/insurance) (2 shared bills)
- [Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/occupational-regulation-health-occupations) (2 shared bills)
- [PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/pharmacy-benefit-managers) (2 shared bills)
- [Insurance--Health & Accident](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/insurance-health-accident) (2 shared bills)
- [Health](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health) (2 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Department of Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-insurance) - 2 bills
- [Texas State Board of Pharmacy](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-state-board-of-pharmacy) - 2 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 1 bills
- [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-commission-on-law-enforcement) - 1 bills
- [Texas Education Agency](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-education-agency) - 1 bills
- [Department of State Health Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-state-health-services) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [SB1236](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1236-89th-regular) | Relating to the relationship between pharm... | Critical | Medium |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB25](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb25-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to a pharmacist's authority ... | Joanne Shofner (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1236](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1236-89th-regular) | Relating to the relationship between ... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Critical |
| [SB1619](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1619-89th-regular) | Relating to the use of an epinephrine... | Judith Zaffirini (D) | Moderate |
| [SB493](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb493-89th-regular) | Relating to protection of certain dis... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Moderate |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/pharmacies-pharmacists)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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