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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act relating to prescription prices available to consumers; relating to penalties for certain pharmacy or pharmacist violations; relating to the registration and duties of pharmacy benefits managers; relating to procedures, guidelines, and enforcement mechanisms for pharmacy audits; relating to the cost of multi-source generic drugs and insurance reimbursement procedures; relating to the duties of the director of the division of insurance; and providing for an effective date."
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description: "An Act relating to prescription prices available to consumers; relating to penalties for certain pharmacy or pharmacist violations; relating to the registration and duties of pharmacy benefits managers; relating to procedures, guidelines, and enforcement mechanisms for pharmacy audits; relating to the cost of multi-source generic drugs and insurance reimbursement procedures; relating to the duties of the director of the division of insurance; and providing for an effective date."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
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legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
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session: "30"
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identifier: "HB 240"
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citation: "Alaska HB 240 (30)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["APPEALS", "AUDITS", "CRIMES", "DRUGS", "INSURANCE", "LICENSING", "PHARMACISTS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["GUTTENBERG"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-04-28"
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last_action: "2018-11-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff509d54-f8fb-4fe1-ba49-6c2694636ed4"
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source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB240"
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source_hash: "475c2877ece513fed283f256df8159f5065f5169b7279d1608747ebee06856aa"
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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-ak"]
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---
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# Alaska HB 240 (30) — An Act relating to prescription prices available to consumers; relating to penalties for certain pharmacy or pharmacist violations; relating to the registration and duties of pharmacy benefits managers; relating to procedures, guidelines, and enforcement mechanisms for pharmacy audits; relating to the cost of multi-source generic drugs and insurance reimbursement procedures; relating to the duties of the director of the division of insurance; and providing for an effective date.
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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. **HB0240A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0240A)
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2. **HB0240B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0240B)
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3. **HB0240Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0240Z)
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## Votes
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- Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 240(FIN) "An Act relating to prescription prices available to consumers; relating to penalties for certain pharmacy or pharmacist violations; relating to the registration and duties of pharmacy benefits managers; relating to procedures, guidelines, and enforcement mechanisms for pharmacy audits; relating to the cost of multi-source generic drugs and insurance reimbursement procedures; relating to the duties of the director of the division of insurance; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- Shall CSHB 240(FIN) pass the House? — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- GUTTENBERG — primary (person)
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- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
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- Gara — cosponsor (person)
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- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
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- Kito — cosponsor (person)
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- Knopp — cosponsor (person)
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- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
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- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
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- Parish — cosponsor (person)
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- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
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- Stutes — cosponsor (person)
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- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-04-28** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-28** L&C, FIN
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- **2017-05-12** Cosponsors added: ORTIZ
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- **2018-02-02** Cosponsors added: KREISS-TOMKINS
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- **2018-02-05** L&C RPT 2DP 1DNP 4NR
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- **2018-02-05** L&C Do Pass: WOOL, KITO `committee-passage`
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- **2018-02-05** L&C Do Not Pass: SULLIVAN-LEONARD `committee-failure`
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- **2018-02-05** L&C No Recommendation: STUTES, KNOPP, BIRCH, JOSEPHSON
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- **2018-02-05** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
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- **2018-02-05** Fiscal Note 2: Indeterminate fiscal impact (Administration)
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- **2018-02-09** Cosponsors added: PARISH, KITO
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- **2018-03-02** Cosponsors added: KNOPP
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- **2018-04-06** FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 8DP 3NR
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- **2018-04-06** FIN Do Pass: GARA, KAWASAKI, ORTIZ, THOMPSON, GUTTENBERG, GRENN, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-06** FIN No Recommendation: WILSON, TILTON, PRUITT
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- **2018-04-06** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
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- **2018-04-06** Fiscal Note 3: No fiscal impact (Administration)
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- **2018-04-06** Cosponsors added: GARA
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- **2018-04-09** Cosponsors added: DRUMMOND, SPOHNHOLZ
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- **2018-04-13** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/13/2018
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- **2018-04-13** Read the second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-04-13** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
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- **2018-04-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
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- **2018-04-13** Read the third time CSHB 240(FIN) `reading-3`
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- **2018-04-13** PASSED Y40 `passage`
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- **2018-04-13** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
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- **2018-04-13** Cosponsors added: KAWASAKI, STUTES, KOPP, TUCK, TARR
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- **2018-04-13** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
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- **2018-04-13** VERSION: CSHB 240(FIN)
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- **2018-04-14** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-14** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-20** FIN RPT 6DP 1NR
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- **2018-04-20** FIN Do Pass: MACKINNON, HOFFMAN, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-20** FIN No Recommendation: OLSON
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- **2018-04-20** FN4: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
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- **2018-04-20** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GIESSEL, MACKINNON, MICCICHE, STEVENS, GARDNER, EGAN, KELLY
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- **2018-04-27** CROSS SPONSOR(S): STEDMAN
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- **2018-04-30** CROSS SPONSOR(S): BEGICH
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- **2018-05-07** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/7/2018
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- **2018-05-07** Read the second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-05-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
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- **2018-05-07** Read the third time CSHB 240(FIN) `reading-3`
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- **2018-05-07** CROSS SPONSOR(S): WIELECHOWSKI, COGHILL, OLSON, MEYER, HUGHES, BISHOP
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- **2018-05-07** PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
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- **2018-05-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
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- **2018-05-07** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
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- **2018-05-07** VERSION: CSHB 240(FIN)
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- **2018-06-27** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
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- **2018-11-07** 10:45 AM 8/22/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 9/4 CHAPTER 100 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER
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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/ff509d54-f8fb-4fe1-ba49-6c2694636ed4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).
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