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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medication Cost Transparency Act."
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description: "Medication Cost Transparency Act."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
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legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 257"
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citation: "North Carolina SB 257 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "DEFINITIONS", "HEALTH", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "OCCUPATIONS", "PATIENT RIGHTS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS & PHARMACIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Perry"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-11"
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last_action: "2021-09-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddc9a363-58fe-436d-9df3-69085d29ed6f"
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source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S257"
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source_hash: "a00b1c2beb1d2087215717f01c21935a22602c8e34f4923c9ebfbef9b76fca3a"
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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-nc"]
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---
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# North Carolina SB 257 (2021) — Medication Cost Transparency Act.
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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. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S257v0.pdf)
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2. **A1: ABC-48-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51951/0/S257-ABC-48-V-2)
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3. **A1: ABC-61-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52762/0/S257-ABC-61-V-1)
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4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S257v1.pdf)
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5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S257v2.pdf)
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6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S257v3.pdf)
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7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S257v4.pdf)
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8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S257v5.pdf)
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9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S257v6.pdf)
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10. **SL 2021-161** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S257v7.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **41–0** (pass) · upper
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- C RPT Adoption — **102–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Britt — primary (person)
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- Perry — primary (person)
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- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
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- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
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- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
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- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
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- Garrett — cosponsor (person)
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- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
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- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
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- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
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- Mohammed — cosponsor (person)
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- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
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- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
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- deViere — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-09-20** Ch. SL 2021-161 `became-law`
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- **2021-09-20** Signed by Gov. 9/20/2021 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-10** Pres. To Gov. 9/10/2021 `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-09-09** Ratified
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- **2021-09-08** Ordered Enrolled
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- **2021-09-08** Conf Report Adopted
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- **2021-09-08** Added to Calendar
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- **2021-09-08** Conf Com Reported
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- **2021-09-08** Conf Report Adopted
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- **2021-09-08** Placed on Today's Calendar
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- **2021-09-08** Conf Com Reported
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- **2021-08-19** Conf Com Appointed
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- **2021-08-19** Conf Com Appointed
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- **2021-08-19** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
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- **2021-08-19** Placed on Today's Calendar
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- **2021-08-19** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
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- **2021-08-19** Regular Message Sent To Senate
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- **2021-08-18** Ordered Engrossed
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- **2021-08-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2021-08-18** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-08-18** Added to Calendar
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- **2021-08-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2021-08-18** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
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- **2021-08-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-07-26** Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
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- **2021-06-30** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-22** Re-ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2021-06-03** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-03** Regular Message Received From Senate
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- **2021-06-02** Regular Message Sent To House
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- **2021-06-01** Engrossed
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- **2021-06-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2021-06-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-24** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-24** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2021-05-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** Com Substitute Adopted
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- **2021-05-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2021-03-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-11** Filed `introduction`
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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/ddc9a363-58fe-436d-9df3-69085d29ed6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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