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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERMITTED DISCLOSURES RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS."
description: "This Act establishes that a contract between a pharmacy benefits manager and a pharmacy may not prohibit a pharmacy or pharmacist from doing any of the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 425"
citation: "Delaware HB 425 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "Brian Pettyjohn", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-30"
last_action: "2018-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcd89fef-2a3b-46a3-9fe7-ae0eb631efe9"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26712"
source_hash: "b5d830f33378e91ca6964fb505bb64f657db12b3ca07893af2a6dc29f602d5fb"
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-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 425 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERMITTED DISCLOSURES RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
This Act establishes that a contract between a pharmacy benefits manager and a pharmacy may not prohibit a pharmacy or pharmacist from doing any of the following:
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26712&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB425)
## Votes
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-05-30** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 425 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 425 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-26** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Rules Suspended in Senate
- **2018-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-08-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcd89fef-2a3b-46a3-9fe7-ae0eb631efe9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).