---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy Benefits Managers; providing a prescription reimbursement rate for independent pharmacies and regulating other practices"
description: "Insurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "Alabama SB 252 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beasley"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17753663-37b8-4e0c-babf-6ae4830eaf28"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "b8f0b697a33c33b4927807156c111566a3156f0388b57b2e02ff99fee732e756"
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-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 252 (2025rs) — Pharmacy Benefits Managers; providing a prescription reimbursement rate for independent pharmacies and regulating other practices

Insurance

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB252-int.pdf)
2. **Beasley motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 417** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/5VCZI6M-1.pdf)
3. **Elliott motion to Adopt - Lost Roll Call 419** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/I3VUM66-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB252-eng.pdf)
5. **Gudger motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 420** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/BYVMHQQ-1.pdf)
6. **Insurance 1st Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/84M1122-1.pdf)
7. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 646** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/DG7FYTH-1.pdf)
8. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 647** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/JPA2MNY-1.pdf)
9. **Stutts motion to Adopt - Lost Roll Call 418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/FKP3Z5C-1.pdf)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB252-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beasley — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 558
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 648 `passage`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 647
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Lovvorn 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 646
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Insurance Engrossed Substitute Offered (Insurance) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Insurance)
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Insurance)
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Insurance 1st Amendment (Insurance)
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Insurance)
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 421 `passage`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 420
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Adopt - Lost Roll Call 419
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Beasley motion to Table - Lost Voice Vote
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Stutts motion to Adopt - Lost Roll Call 418
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Stutts 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Beasley motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 417
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Banking and Insurance 1st Amendment Offered (Banking and Insurance) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Banking and Insurance)
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Banking and Insurance 1st Amendment (Banking and Insurance)
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Banking and Insurance)
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17753663-37b8-4e0c-babf-6ae4830eaf28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).