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type: "Bill"
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title: "DIRECTING THE STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE AND THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO ENGAGE WITH INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS AND OTHER SUPPLY CHAIN TACTICS FOR COST CONTAINMENT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES’ INSURANCE PROGRAMS."
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description: "This is a Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution No. 7. Like Senate Joint Resolution No. 7, this Substitute directs the State Employees Benefits Committee (SEBC) to utilize specific strategies and policies when interacting and contracting with Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) in order to achieve lower cost"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "SJR 7"
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citation: "Delaware SJR 7 (153)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Ray Seigfried", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-05-21"
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last_action: "2025-08-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8402d4e1-526c-4023-bb0d-1f10b57baab9"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142371"
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source_hash: "ad1dad0ebd7edbe57dd7b0031cd8c842802a5fb394bad1811e94a94282cc073b"
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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 SJR 7 (153) — DIRECTING THE STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE AND THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO ENGAGE WITH INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS AND OTHER SUPPLY CHAIN TACTICS FOR COST CONTAINMENT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES’ INSURANCE PROGRAMS.
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This is a Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution No. 7. Like Senate Joint Resolution No. 7, this Substitute directs the State Employees Benefits Committee (SEBC) to utilize specific strategies and policies when interacting and contracting with Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) in order to achieve lower cost
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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. **HA 1 to SS 1 for SJR 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142666&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-21** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SJR 7 `introduction`
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- **2025-05-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-11** Not Worked in Committee
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- **2025-06-18** Not Worked in Committee
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- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-07-01** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2025-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-08-25** 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/8402d4e1-526c-4023-bb0d-1f10b57baab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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