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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 194"
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citation: "Delaware HB 194 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-06-10"
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last_action: "2019-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a400807-a4be-4d19-9c3c-4e9c1edee85a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47636"
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source_hash: "b1a51a30de59cc97f4cf8e43040112b670ec6977b05beed422a8c13869e65b6e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 194 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47636&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB194)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47746&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3/5 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-10** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 194 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-06-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 194 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-18** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2019-07-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a400807-a4be-4d19-9c3c-4e9c1edee85a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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