republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-194.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS.	Over 80% of pharmaceuticals in the United States are purchased through pharmacy benefits manager (“PBM”) networks. PBMs serve as intermediaries between health plans, pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacies, and PBMs establish networks for consumers to receive reimbursement for drugs.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 194	Delaware HB 194 (150)	bill		enacted	Andria L. Bennett Trey Paradee	2	9	2	2019-06-10	2019-07-17	openstates	ocd-bill/8a400807-a4be-4d19-9c3c-4e9c1edee85a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47636	b1a51a30de59cc97f4cf8e43040112b670ec6977b05beed422a8c13869e65b6e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 194 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS.

Over 80% of pharmaceuticals in the United States are purchased through pharmacy benefits manager (“PBM”) networks. PBMs serve as intermediaries between health plans, pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacies, and PBMs establish networks for consumers to receive reimbursement for drugs.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 194 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 3/5 — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• William Bush — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-10 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 194 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 194 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-06-18 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2019-06-18 Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2019-07-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a400807-a4be-4d19-9c3c-4e9c1edee85a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).