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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to pharmacy benefit managers; and declaring an emergency."
+description: "<b>Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager from retroactively denying or reducing payment on claim after adjudication unless pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager agree that payment was incorrect due to clerical error.</b> Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager from imposing fees on <i>rural</i>] pharmacies after point of sale. <b>Requires pharmacy benefit manager, if denying or reducing reimbursement on claim, to provide notice to pharmacy of specific claim that is denied or reduced and explanation for denial or reduction.</b>"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2023R1"
+identifier: "HB 2725"
+citation: "Oregon HB 2725 (2023R1)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "Christine Goodwin", "Nancy Nathanson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c922f582-ae17-4d06-9876-adab6d655c0b"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2725"
+source_hash: "32f062a8a9dcae74d49c61f5144e33f99a785be0aa9c09fda3345cc3b34d0d8f"
+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-or"]
+---
+
+# Oregon HB 2725 (2023R1) — Relating to pharmacy benefit managers; and declaring an emergency.
+
+<b>Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager from retroactively denying or reducing payment on claim after adjudication unless pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager agree that payment was incorrect due to clerical error.</b> Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager from imposing fees on <i>rural</i>] pharmacies after point of sale. <b>Requires pharmacy benefit manager, if denying or reducing reimbursement on claim, to provide notice to pharmacy of specific claim that is denied or reduced and explanation for denial or reduction.</b>
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2725/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
+2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2725/Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2725/A-Engrossed)
+4. **HRULES Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25075)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2725/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **22–2** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Heard and Reported Out — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Goodwin. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
+- Christine Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Nancy Nathanson — primary (person)
+- Anna Scharf — cosponsor (person)
+- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
+- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrus Javadi — cosponsor (person)
+- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
+- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ed Diehl — cosponsor (person)
+- James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
+- Jami Cate — cosponsor (person)
+- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
+- Kim Wallan — cosponsor (person)
+- Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucetta Elmer — cosponsor (person)
+- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
+- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
+- Rep Smith DB — cosponsor (person)
+- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
+- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-13T19:56:52+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-25T01:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2023-01-25T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2023-03-27T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2023-04-04T16:02:03+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
+- **2023-04-04T16:02:04+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-04T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2023-05-23T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2023-05-25T15:56:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-25T15:56:08+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-31T15:41:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-07T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
+- **2023-06-07T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2023-06-12T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2023-06-13T18:45:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-14T18:06:41+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-06-14T22:54:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Goodwin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15T18:26:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-15T20:39:58+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-14T22:55:20+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Pham H.
+- **2023-06-20T19:53:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-06-22T02:43:40+00:00** Carried over to 06-22 by unanimous consent.
+- **2023-06-23T01:43:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-25T23:01:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-06-27T18:54:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-06-23T01:44:22+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
+- **2023-08-01T01:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00** Chapter 509, (2023 Laws): Effective date July 31, 2023.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c922f582-ae17-4d06-9876-adab6d655c0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+