---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy benefit managers."
description: "Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy benefit managers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1236"
citation: "Texas SB 1236 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (S0648)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Hughes", "Patterson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f542709e-e2ca-4c98-9fb6-ca2c1077d109"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1236.xml"
source_hash: "4abeaf548beb4a9e32bf4b51877309ac9376296eb8d4d9bfa660e458acf12fec"
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 SB 1236 (89R) — Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy benefit managers.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01236I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01236E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01236H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01236S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01236F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-07** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-15** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-12** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Record vote
- **2025-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f542709e-e2ca-4c98-9fb6-ca2c1077d109`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).