republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/sb-73.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy benefit managers, prohibited from restricting pharmacies and pharmacists from disclosing costs information to patients on alternative drugs or other services and costs, enforcement by Insurance Commissioner, audits further regulated including penalties and assessments against pharmacist, Secs. 34-23-184, 34-23-185, 34-23-186 am'd."
description: "Pharmacy benefit managers, prohibited from restricting pharmacies and pharmacists from disclosing costs information to patients on alternative drugs or other services and costs, enforcement by Insurance Commissioner, audits further regulated including penalties and assessments against pharmacist, Secs. 34-23-184, 34-23-185, 34-23-186 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "Alabama SB 73 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacies and Pharmacists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04f6f7fc-be60-4ecb-9ece-d406474c6f86"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB73"
source_hash: "75682029f25aff44fc692f8fc599942d3fa3643ad50f103074780f25b5021701"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 73 (2019rs) — Pharmacy benefit managers, prohibited from restricting pharmacies and pharmacists from disclosing costs information to patients on alternative drugs or other services and costs, enforcement by Insurance Commissioner, audits further regulated including penalties and assessments against pharmacist, Secs. 34-23-184, 34-23-185, 34-23-186 am'd.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB73-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 200173-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200173-4.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 200891-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200891-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 201210-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201210-2.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 201319-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201319-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB73-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB73-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1143 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 773 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 772 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 770 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 769 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 771 — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Healthcare first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 769 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Healthcare Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 770 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 771 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 772 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 773 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1143 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 11:23 a.m. on May 30, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-457. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04f6f7fc-be60-4ecb-9ece-d406474c6f86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).