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SB133Introduced in the Senate

Insurance; Prior Authorizations

Passed

Introduced by Labor & Commerce

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

An Act relating to prior authorization requests for medical care covered by a health care insurer; relating to a prior authorization application programming interface; relating to step therapy; and providing for an effective date.

Where it stands

EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

July 30, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: House: Third Reading Final Passage Reconsideration · May 18, 2025

40

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Jeremy Bynum1Yes
Rebecca Himschoot2Yes
Andrea Story3Yes
Sara Hannan4Yes
Louise Stutes5Yes
Sarah Vance6Yes
Justin Ruffridge7Yes
Bill Elam8Yes
Ky Holland9Yes
Charles Kopp10Yes

Bill history

  1. READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  2. L&C, FIN

  3. L&C RPT CS 5DP SAME TITLE

  4. DP: BJORKMAN, DUNBAR, MERRICK, GRAY-JACKSON, YUNDT

  5. FN1: ZERO(CED)

  6. FIN RPT CS(L&C) 4DP 2NR

  7. DP: HOFFMAN, CRONK, MERRICK, KIEHL

  8. NR: STEDMAN, KAUFMAN

  9. FN1: ZERO(CED)

  10. RULES TO CALENDAR 5/9/2025

  11. READ THE SECOND TIME

  12. L&C CS ADOPTED UC

  13. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/12 CAL

  14. READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 133(L&C)

  15. PASSED Y19 N- A1

  16. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  17. TRANSMITTED TO (H)

  18. VERSION: CSSB 133(L&C)

  19. READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  20. L&C, FIN

  21. L&C RPT 6DP

  22. DP: BURKE, CARRICK, SADDLER, NELSON, FIELDS, HALL

  23. FN1: ZERO(CED)

  24. FIN REFERRAL REMOVED

  25. RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2025

  26. READ THE SECOND TIME

  27. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/19 CALENDAR

  28. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING Y33 N7

  29. READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 133(L&C)

  30. PASSED Y40

  31. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  32. RUFFRIDGE NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION

  33. RECON SAME DAY UC - IN THIRD READING

  34. PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y40

  35. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  36. RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOVERNOR NEXT

  37. VERSION: CSSB 133(L&C)

  38. 3:20 P.M. 6/23/25 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR

  39. MANIFEST ERROR(S)

  40. LAW W/O GOVERNOR SIGNATURE 7/15 CHAPTER 21 SLA 25

  41. EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

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