Senators had just passed a bill that targets meth producers who hop from pharmacy to pharmacy and buy up the maximum amount of pseudoephedrine allowed by state law. In fact, they passed the bill unanimously, 34-0.

They were poised to send the measure back to the House, where it needed a quick OK of a few changes before it could be sent to the governor. Everything was hunky dory among those of the anti-meth persuasion.

Until it wasn’t.

Turns out legislators had nearly criminalized RU-486, commonly known as the abortion pill. The House version of the measure had put that pill on the Schedule I list of drugs, which doctors cannot prescribe. The version also included a number of other drugs, commonly known as “poppers.”

Sen. Norma Champion, the measure’s Senate sponsor, had agreed to take those portions out.

Somehow, they slipped back in. After passage, Champion’s chief of staff realized that the abortion pill and the poppers were still in the bill. A flurry of aides, secretaries and lawmakers began conferring.

After about 30 mintues, senators voted to un-pass the bill.

“There were still some things in the bill that do not need to be there,” Champion said.

A new version of the bill — without those pesky little pills — was easily passed with another 34-0 vote.

“It doesn’t happen very often,” Champion said. “Thank goodness we caught it in time.”