---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to protection of certain disclosures and communications by pharmacists and pharmacies regarding prescription drug benefits."
description: "Relating to protection of certain disclosures and communications by pharmacists and pharmacies regarding prescription drug benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 493"
citation: "Texas SB 493 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (S0648)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Wharton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-11-22"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6188799-7033-4532-9a76-da93ca0a6937"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 493.xml"
source_hash: "cf8f719bb9dab913b3d8b2b9be78f6e41efc11a8bb99a56c60ea76ce768b1f1a"
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 493 (89R) — Relating to protection of certain disclosures and communications by pharmacists and pharmacies regarding prescription drug benefits.

## 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/SB00493I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00493E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00493H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00493S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00493F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Wharton — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-22** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-01** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-02** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-09** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-22** Read
- **2025-05-22** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/c6188799-7033-4532-9a76-da93ca0a6937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).