---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minnesota Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act; appropriations"
description: "Minnesota Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act; appropriations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 278"
citation: "Minnesota SF 278 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations and Professions", "Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jensen"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdce08cc-b301-4edd-8571-e0296d0ee553"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0278&ssn=0&y=2019"
source_hash: "ff42c4bb356a9265374f23e51c29224eb4d7fdbcab8e326e7aa359846c2fe574"
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-mn"]
---

# Minnesota SF 278 (2019-2020) — Minnesota Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act; appropriations

## Version chain

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

1. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF278&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
2. **1st Unofficial Division Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF278&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=due)
3. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF278&version=1&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=ue)
4. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF278&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
5. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF278&version=3&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
6. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF278&version=4&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
7. **5th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF278&version=5&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)
8. **CCR-SF0278** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF278&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0&type=ccr)
9. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF278&version=0&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **87–42** (pass) · lower
- Mann motion - Adoption — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by Conference — **130–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jensen — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Bierman — cosponsor (person)
- Brand — cosponsor (person)
- Cantrell — cosponsor (person)
- Dahms — cosponsor (person)
- Dehn — cosponsor (person)
- Draheim — cosponsor (person)
- Gruenhagen — cosponsor (person)
- Halverson — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Huot — cosponsor (person)
- Liebling — cosponsor (person)
- Lueck — cosponsor (person)
- Mann — cosponsor (person)
- Moller — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Munson — cosponsor (person)
- Neu — cosponsor (person)
- Persell — cosponsor (person)
- Poston — cosponsor (person)
- Schultz — cosponsor (person)
- Wiklund — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Health and Human Services Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Special Order: Amended
- **2019-04-04** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Returned from House with amendment
- **2019-05-09** Senate not concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2019-05-09** Senate conferees Jensen; Benson; Klein
- **2019-05-13** House conferees Mann; Morrison; Munson
- **2019-05-16** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2019-05-16** Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill
- **2019-05-16** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** House adopted SCC report and repassed bill
- **2019-05-17** Presentment date 05/17/2019
- **2019-05-20** Governor's action Approval 05/17/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Secretary of State Chapter 39 05/17/2019
- **2019-07-01** Effective date 07/01/19
- **2019-04-04** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Senate file first reading, referred to Ways and Means
- **2019-04-04** Referred by Chair to Health and Human Services Finance Division `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Division action, to adopt as amended and return to Ways and Means
- **2019-05-02** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Rules and Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 09, 2019
- **2019-05-09** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Senate refuses to concur, conference committee of 3 requested
- **2019-05-10** Senate conferees Jensen, Benson, and Klein
- **2019-05-10** House accedes, conference committee of 3 to be appointed
- **2019-05-10** House conferees Mann, Morrison, Munson
- **2019-05-16** Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
- **2019-05-16** Conference committee report, delete everything
- **2019-05-16** House adopted conference committee report
- **2019-05-16** Third reading as amended by Conference `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
- **2019-05-17** Presented to Governor 05/17/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-17** Governor approval 05/17/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17** Secretary of State, Filed 05/17/19
- **2019-07-01** Effective date 07/01/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdce08cc-b301-4edd-8571-e0296d0ee553`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).