---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act."
description: "The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 466"
citation: "North Carolina HB 466 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-23"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf247537-e22a-4e84-b525-047d18ac971e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H466&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bfda578c04e38292346473d6f0ed3608bde799ce689cb81e9ff796c62cac1aa6"
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-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 466 (2017) — The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H466v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H466v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H466v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H466v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H466v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brenden Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-18** Ch. SL 2017-116 `became-law`
- **2017-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-16** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf247537-e22a-4e84-b525-047d18ac971e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).