republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-3717.md

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Bill	Prohibits pharmacy benefits managers from making certain retroactive reductions in claims payments to pharmacies; requires pharmacy benefits managers to disclose certain product information to pharmacies.*	Prohibits pharmacy benefits managers from making certain retroactive reductions in claims payments to pharmacies; requires pharmacy benefits managers to disclose certain product information to pharmacies.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 3717	New Jersey A 3717 (218)	bill	PROFESSIONS	enacted	Downey, Joann Gopal, Vin Greenstein, Linda R. Houghtaling, Eric Mukherji, Raj	3	21	11	2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00	2019-12-19T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d1ceb2dd-1668-4f34-aeb4-bf0724a965c0	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	efe9ed99f2c467c94e5b40a422360a21e74f606bb9dd09172b2ae2183cb79195	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 3717 (218) — Prohibits pharmacy benefits managers from making certain retroactive reductions in claims payments to pharmacies; requires pharmacy benefits managers to disclose certain product information to pharmacies.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint Conditional Veto (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR BY AMEND — 71–3 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR GOV REC — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR GOV REC — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• EMERGENCY — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AMEND — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Andrzejczak, Bob — cosponsor (person)
• Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Land, R. Bruce — cosponsor (person)
• Milam, Matthew W. — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Sacco, Nicholas J. — cosponsor (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
• Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-09-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (74-0-3) passage
• 2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S728 (SCS)
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (36-0) (Greenstein) amendment-passage
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Emergency Resolution (38-0) (Greenstein)
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Concurred by Assembly Amendments (71-3-0)
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) passage
• 2019-08-23T04:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly executive-veto
• 2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
• 2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (71-0-2) passage
• 2019-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) passage
• 2019-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.274. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1ceb2dd-1668-4f34-aeb4-bf0724a965c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).