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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Revisions"
+description: "Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Revisions"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 601"
+citation: "Maryland HB 601 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kipke"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-20"
+last_action: "2021-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdc77035-ad9e-4275-b575-a06dc492a84f"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0601?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "320dab4e704b32f4b6e5e930a2060238cf67abab9e23047cfec7fd12473c41b6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 601 (2021) — Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Revisions
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_358_hb0601t.pdf)
+2. **First - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Definition of Purchaser and ERISA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0601f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0601t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **132–2** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kipke — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-21** Hearing 2/10 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-22** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed
+- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 358 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdc77035-ad9e-4275-b575-a06dc492a84f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+