---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disclosure Of Prescription Costs At Pharmacies"
description: "The bill enacts the 'Patient Drug Costs Savings Act' (act). The act prohibits a carrier that has a contract with a pharmacy or pharmacist, or a pharmacy benefit management firm acting on behalf of a carrier, from:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1284"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1284 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Martinez Humenik", "James Wilson", "Janet Buckner", "John Kefalas"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cc47ca4-3104-4cf4-9b2f-db5f9f5ed0d2"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1284"
source_hash: "ef489178935a694ec1191e0ff5bbadc76446eea1d9018af9f54f4f271028a904"
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-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 18-1284 (2018A) — Disclosure Of Prescription Costs At Pharmacies

The bill enacts the 'Patient Drug Costs Savings Act' (act). The act prohibits a carrier that has a contract with a pharmacy or pharmacist, or a pharmacy benefit management firm acting on behalf of a carrier, from:

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1284_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1284_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1284_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1284_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1284_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1284_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1284_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1284_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **57–5** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
- James Wilson — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- John Kefalas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cc47ca4-3104-4cf4-9b2f-db5f9f5ed0d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).