---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: pharmacy benefit managers, prescription drug benefits, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: pharmacy benefit managers, prescription drug benefits, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 3 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bernier", "Cowles", "Darling", "Erpenbach", "Felzkowski", "Feyen", "Jacque", "L. Taylor", "Larson", "Marklein", "Nass", "Ringhand", "Roth", "Smith", "Wanggaard", "Wirch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb9f405e-5de3-494d-a4c9-aab50a8148dd"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb3"
source_hash: "2ad27cd751a2a71b5cf99973984f4d26cd1411c020ce5c33010080922490614b"
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-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin SB 3 (2021) — Relating to: pharmacy benefit managers, prescription drug benefits, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB3)
2. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB3-SA2)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bernier — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Erpenbach — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Roth — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)
- Wirch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Felzkowski, Roth, Erpenbach, Bernier, Cowles, Darling, Feyen, Marklein, Ringhand, Smith, Wanggaard, Wirch, Ballweg, Jacque, Larson, Nass and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Schraa, Dittrich, Duchow, Horlacher, Krug, Ramthun, Novak, J. Rodriguez, Spiros, Tauchen, Tittl, Armstrong, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Edming, Gundrum, James, Kitchens, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Moses, Mursau, Petersen, Plumer, Rozar, Skowronski, Snyder, Sortwell, Swearingen, Thiesfeldt, Tranel, Vorpagel and Zimmerman `introduction`
- **2021-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Johnson added as a coauthor
- **2021-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor
- **2021-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Commissioner of Insurance report received pursuant to s.601.423(2), Wisconsin Statutes `receipt`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Bewley added as a coauthor
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Felzkowski
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Dallman added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Felzkowski
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 31, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-16-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Shankland, Pope, Spreitzer, Hintz, Sinicki, Goyke, Billings, Hebl, Andraca, Ohnstad, Brostoff, S. Rodriguez, Vining and Baldeh added as cosponsors
- **2021-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Doyle, Conley, Emerson, B. Meyers, Considine, Subeck, Allen and Stubbs added as cosponsors
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 94, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Hesselbein added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-19-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-26-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 9 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-27-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb9f405e-5de3-494d-a4c9-aab50a8148dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).