---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy benefits manager; directing LSA director to retain national consultant to study and report on effects of pharmacy benefits manager practices in the State of Alabama"
description: "Insurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SJR 45"
citation: "Alabama SJR 45 (2025rs)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler (T)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96e3eb05-3660-4f9c-80cf-e51ad92c595d"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "40e30c9bf22318952dd4238faf3b1f29b3923f9dffacfa053176bf6812e5f74c"
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 SJR 45 (2025rs) — Pharmacy benefits manager; directing LSA director to retain national consultant to study and report on effects of pharmacy benefits manager practices in the State of Alabama

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/SJR45-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SJR45-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Butler (T) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Rules (Rules) `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Rules)
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the House and referred to the House committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Butler motion to Adopt - Adopted Voice Vote
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96e3eb05-3660-4f9c-80cf-e51ad92c595d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).