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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the contractual relationship between a pharmacist or pharmacy and a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager."
+description: "Relating to the contractual relationship between a pharmacist or pharmacy and a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1763"
+citation: "Texas HB 1763 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (S0648)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Hefner", "Hughes", "Lucio III", "Oliverson", "Raymond"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-10"
+last_action: "2021-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3f768f6-4313-4bef-a192-899c709bd444"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1763.xml"
+source_hash: "3b32c3999f55385e44795c1c89d434105ed258c8c9f618e3eb04d11a41e6d2a8"
+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-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 1763 (87) — Relating to the contractual relationship between a pharmacist or pharmacy and a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01763I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01763E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01763H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01763S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01763F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
+- Hefner — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Lucio III — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Raymond — primary (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Powell — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-10** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-09** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-26** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Record vote
+- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-27** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-12** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-13** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-13** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-14** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-14** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-26** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3f768f6-4313-4bef-a192-899c709bd444`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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