---
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).