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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pharmacy Benefit Manager And Insurer Requirements"
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description: "The act enacts the \"Pharmacy Fairness Act\" (act), which:Requires a health insurer to submit to the commissioner of insurance (commissioner) a list of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) the health insurer uses to manage or administer prescription drug benefits under its health benefit plans offered in this state;"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2021A"
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identifier: "HB 21-1297"
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citation: "Colorado HB 21-1297 (2021A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edie Hooton", "Janet Buckner", "Jerry Sonnenberg", "Perry Will"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be0bdb76-edb9-4e20-8422-ddd92635ba10"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1297"
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source_hash: "a0913b20809e6d2bf48da44630263f74a0275e817cd6496b5a6c3c7739ad2037"
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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-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 21-1297 (2021A) — Pharmacy Benefit Manager And Insurer Requirements
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The act enacts the "Pharmacy Fairness Act" (act), which:Requires a health insurer to submit to the commissioner of insurance (commissioner) a list of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) the health insurer uses to manage or administer prescription drug benefits under its health benefit plans offered in this state;
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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. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1297_s_sa_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (05/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1297_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (06/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1297_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1297_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1297hi_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1297_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1297_rr2.pdf)
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8. **Revised (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1297_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (07/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1297_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **44–20** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
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- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
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- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
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- Perry Will — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `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/be0bdb76-edb9-4e20-8422-ddd92635ba10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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