---
type: "Bill"
title: "pharmacy benefit managers; pharmacy benefits"
description: "pharmacy benefit managers; pharmacy benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2285"
citation: "Arizona HB 2285 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE - TITLE 20", "PHARMACY BENEFITS", "PRESCRIPTIONS", "TRADE AND COMMERCE - TITLE 44"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina E. Cobb"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a12f2ff-c823-44bb-b7ab-183112a82f63"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71397?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "7b993f459447884106ac7c4814d875d657e3dac2586bcc30fe9cdb40df9d9808"
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-az"]
---

# Arizona HB 2285 (54th-1st-regular) — pharmacy benefit managers; pharmacy benefits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/laws/0152.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2285HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2285H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2285P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2285HHS.DOCX.htm)
6. **SENATE - Rules** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2285RULES.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2285S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Regina E. Cobb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-29** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-13** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-26** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** transmit to house
- **2019-04-24** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-24** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** signed by governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a12f2ff-c823-44bb-b7ab-183112a82f63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).