HB0096 • 2026

Ivermectin Amendments

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Trevor
Last action: 2026-03-06
Official status: House/ filed
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Ivermectin Amendments

This bill addresses selling or dispensing ivermectin without a prescription.

What This Bill Does

This bill addresses selling or dispensing ivermectin without a prescription.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-03-06 House file for bills not passed
House/ filed
2026-03-06 Clerk of the House
House/ strike enacting clause
2026-03-05 House Rules Committee
House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules/ substituted
2026-03-04 House Health and Human Services Committee
House Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
2026-02-09 House Health and Human Services Committee
House Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed
2026-02-09 House Health and Human Services Committee
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
2026-02-06 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0096S01
2026-02-06 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0096S01
2026-02-05 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
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2026-02-05 Legislative Fiscal Agency
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2026-01-27 House Health and Human Services Committee
House/ to standing committee
2026-01-20 House Rules Committee
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-01-20 Clerk of the House
House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
2026-01-14 Clerk of the House
House/ received bill from Legislative Research
2026-01-14 Released
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2026-01-13 Version Sponsor
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2025-12-29 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Bill Numbered but not Distributed
2025-12-29 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
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2025-12-29 Legislative Fiscal Agency
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2025-12-29 Legislative Research and General Counsel
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Official Summary Text

This bill addresses selling or dispensing ivermectin without a prescription.

Current Bill Text

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58-17b-508
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Ivermectin Amendments
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Trevor Lee
Senate Sponsor:
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses selling or dispensing ivermectin without a prescription.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
defines terms;
permits a pharmacy, a pharmacist, and other persons licensed under Title 58, Chapter
17b, Pharmacy Practice Act, to dispense and sell ivermectin:
without a prescription; and
without requiring consultation with a practitioner licensed to prescribe drugs or any
other health care provider; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
58-17b-508
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
58-17b-508
is enacted to read:
58-17b-508
. Ivermectin -- Dispensing or selling without a prescription --
Exclusion from unlawful or unprofessional conduct.
(1)
As used in this section, "ivermectin" means the prescription anti-parasitic drug approved
by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in humans.
(2)
Notwithstanding Section
58-17b-501
, Section
58-17b-502
, or any other provision of
law, it is not unlawful or unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this chapter
to sell or dispense ivermectin:
(a)
to a person who does not have a prescription; and
(b)
without requiring consultation with a practitioner or any other health care provider.
Section 2.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
May 6, 2026
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2-5-26 5:58 PM