---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug Prices and Coverage"
description: "Drug Prices and Coverage ; Revises definition of term \"pharmacy benefits plan or program\" to exclude plan or program that exclusively serves PACE organization; requires contracts between pharmacy benefit managers & participating pharmacies to allow specified option in administrative appeal procedure; provides pharmacy benefit manager prohibited practices relating to pharmacies & pharmacists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 697"
citation: "Florida HB 697 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "appropriations", "insurance", "regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-4"
primary_sponsors: ["Kincart Jonsson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-12-09"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/880d4cb4-d65b-4b3d-99bd-efaa49f134c9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/697/ByCategory"
source_hash: "78381850d87d44ef0444cad1f99b312499008635f342dc6d9a098ffc6afa06f3"
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-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 697 (2026) — Drug Prices and Coverage

Drug Prices and Coverage ; Revises definition of term "pharmacy benefits plan or program" to exclude plan or program that exclusively serves PACE organization; requires contracts between pharmacy benefit managers & participating pharmacies to allow specified option in administrative appeal procedure; provides pharmacy benefit manager prohibited practices relating to pharmacies & pharmacists.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-4.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 697 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/697/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 697 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/697/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 697 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/697/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 697 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/697/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Budget Committee) — **27–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee) — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Kincart Jonsson — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Gerwig — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nix — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-09** Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-16** Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-16** Referred to Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-16** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-16** Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-16** Added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-21** Favorable by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
- **2026-01-21** Now in Budget Committee
- **2026-01-23** Added to Budget Committee agenda
- **2026-01-27** Favorable by Budget Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27** Reported out of Budget Committee
- **2026-01-27** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2026-02-24** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2026-02-26** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2026-02-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-02** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-02** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-02** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2026)
- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** In Messages
- **2026-03-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-10** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1760
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Amendment(s) adopted (664532)
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** In Messages
- **2026-03-12** Added to Senate Message List
- **2026-03-12** Amendment 664532 Concur
- **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Chapter No. 2026-4

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/880d4cb4-d65b-4b3d-99bd-efaa49f134c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).