republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/136/hb-229.md

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Bill	Establish licensing process, contract requirements for PBMs	To amend section 3959.01 and to enact sections 3957.01, 3957.02, 3957.03, 3957.04, 3957.05, 3957.06, 3957.07, 3957.08, 3957.09, 3957.10, 3957.11, 3957.12, 3957.13, 3957.14, 3957.15, 3957.16, 3957.17, and 3957.99 of the Revised Code to establish a stand-alone licensing process and new contractual requirements for pharmacy benefit managers.	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	136	HB 229	Ohio HB 229 (136)	bill	Commerce Health Care Health and Human Services Insurance Occupational Licensing and Regulation State Government State and Local Government	enacted	Kellie Deeter	6	13	5	2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00	2026-06-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c1f69328-232b-43a2-a683-57b47df045f7	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb229/	e16a377393c14b170323b7545a9273a41c221daf703a1f4aa85910ff006540cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-oh

Ohio HB 229 (136) — Establish licensing process, contract requirements for PBMs

To amend section 3959.01 and to enact sections 3957.01, 3957.02, 3957.03, 3957.04, 3957.05, 3957.06, 3957.07, 3957.08, 3957.09, 3957.10, 3957.11, 3957.12, 3957.13, 3957.14, 3957.15, 3957.16, 3957.17, and 3957.99 of the Revised Code to establish a stand-alone licensing process and new contractual requirements for pharmacy benefit managers.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed by the House (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. As Reported by the House General Government Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. As Reported by the Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology Committee (committee substitute) — source
6. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passed — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported — 12–0 (fail) · lower
• Passed — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurred in Senate amendments — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported — 8–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Kellie Deeter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced introduction
• 2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee referral-committee
• 2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Reported - Substitute
• 2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2025-10-14T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced introduction
• 2025-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported - Substitute
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Senate amendments amendment-passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Sent To The Governor passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Signed By The Governor became-law
• 2026-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Effective became-law
• 2026-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Effective 6/30/26 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1f69328-232b-43a2-a683-57b47df045f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).