HB 1117: Medical Treatment of Animals
GENERAL BILL by Buchanan ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Arrington ; Leek ; López, J.
Medical Treatment of Animals; Authorizes certain veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine; provides jurisdiction of Board of Veterinary Medicine; authorizes veterinarian practicing telemedicine to order, prescribe, or make available specified medicinal drugs; prohibits such veterinarian from ordering, prescribing, or making available controlled substances unless certain conditions are met; revises grounds for disciplinary action against veterinarian; authorizes certain employees, agents, or contractors to administer rabies vaccinations; provides that supervising veterinarian assumes responsibility for any person working under veterinarian's supervision or at his or her direction; authorizes veterinarian who indirectly supervises administration of rabies vaccination to affix his or her signature stamp in lieu of actual signature on rabies vaccination certificate.
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/23/2023 House • Filed
2/28/2023 House • Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
3/7/2023 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/20/2023 House • Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
3/22/2023 House • Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
• Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
• Now in Commerce Committee
3/23/2023 House • Added to Commerce Committee agenda
3/27/2023 House • Favorable by Commerce Committee
• Reported out of Commerce Committee
• Bill released to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
4/10/2023 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2023)
4/13/2023 House • Read 2nd time
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
• Read 3rd time
• Passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0
4/13/2023 Senate • In Messages
4/14/2023 Senate • Referred to Rules
4/17/2023 Senate • Received
5/5/2023 Senate • Died in Rules
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HB 1117, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/23/2023 at 5:46 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/22/2023 (pdf)
Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/27/2023 (pdf)
Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1600 Medical Treatment of Animals Ingoglia Identical Last Action: 5/5/2023 S Died in Agriculture 
S 554 Medical Treatment of Animals Gruters Similar Last Action: 5/5/2023 S Died in Agriculture
Floor Votes (1)
Date Chamber Result 4/13/2023 8:11 PM House 109 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (6)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 474.202 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf) 474.2021 Page 3 (pdf) 474.203 Exemptions. Page 5 (pdf) 474.214 Disciplinary proceedings. Page 5 (pdf) 474.2165 Ownership and control of veterinary medical patient records; report or copies of records to be furnished. Page 6 (pdf) 828.30 Rabies vaccination of dogs, cats, and ferrets. Page 7 (pdf)