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HB1236Introduced in the House

Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers reimbursements (EN +$2,265,844 SG EX See Note)

Passed

Introduced by Jason DeWitt, District 25

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers reimbursements (EN +$2,265,844 SG EX See Note)

Where it stands

Effective date: 06/12/2026.

June 12, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Vote on HB 1236 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1791) · May 31, 2026

93

Yes

0

No

12

Absent or Not Voting

105 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
Danny McCormick1Yes
Steven Jackson2Yes
Tammy Phelps3Yes
Joy Walters4Absent
Dennis Bamburg5Yes
Michael Melerine6Yes
Lawrence Bagley7Absent
Raymond Crews8Yes
Dodie Horton9Yes
Wayne McMahen10Yes

Bill history

  1. Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 866 reported by the Committee on Insurance (12-0).

  2. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  3. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.

  4. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  5. Notice given.

  6. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.

  7. Called from the calendar.

  8. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  9. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  10. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

  11. Reported with amendments.

  12. Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.

  13. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  14. Reported favorably.

  15. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  16. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  17. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  18. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  19. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.

  20. Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  21. Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  22. Senate conference committee members appointed: Talbot, Bass, and Harris.

  23. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  24. House conferees appointed: Dewitt, Firment, and Miller.

  25. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  26. Conference committee report received.

  27. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

  28. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.

  29. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  30. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  31. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.

  32. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

  33. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  34. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  35. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  36. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 913.

  37. Effective date: 06/12/2026.

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