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| Bill | Drug Prices and Coverage | Drug Prices and Coverage ; Revises definition of term "pharmacy benefits plan or program" to exclude plan or program that exclusively serves PACE organization; requires contracts between pharmacy benefit managers & participating pharmacies to allow specified option in administrative appeal procedure; provides pharmacy benefit manager prohibited practices relating to pharmacies & pharmacists. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | HB 697 | Florida HB 697 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-4 |
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4 | 45 | 6 | 2025-12-09 | 2026-03-25 | openstates | ocd-bill/880d4cb4-d65b-4b3d-99bd-efaa49f134c9 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/697/ByCategory | 78381850d87d44ef0444cad1f99b312499008635f342dc6d9a098ffc6afa06f3 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 697 (2026) — Drug Prices and Coverage
Drug Prices and Coverage ; Revises definition of term "pharmacy benefits plan or program" to exclude plan or program that exclusively serves PACE organization; requires contracts between pharmacy benefit managers & participating pharmacies to allow specified option in administrative appeal procedure; provides pharmacy benefit manager prohibited practices relating to pharmacies & pharmacists.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-4.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 697 Filed (filed) — source
- H 697 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 697 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 697 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — 25–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Budget Committee) — 27–2 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee) — 15–1 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage — 108–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Kincart Jonsson — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Gerwig — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nix — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-09 Filed
filing - 2025-12-16 Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-12-16 Referred to Budget Committee
referral-committee - 2025-12-16 Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
referral-committee - 2025-12-16 Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
- 2026-01-13 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2026-01-16 Added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda
- 2026-01-21 Favorable by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-21 Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
- 2026-01-21 Now in Budget Committee
- 2026-01-23 Added to Budget Committee agenda
- 2026-01-27 Favorable by Budget Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-27 Reported out of Budget Committee
- 2026-01-27 Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- 2026-02-24 Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- 2026-02-26 Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-26 Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- 2026-02-26 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-02-26 CS Filed
filing - 2026-02-26 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2026-03-02 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2026-03-02 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2026-03-02 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2026)
- 2026-03-05 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-05 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-03-05 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-05 CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-05 In Messages
- 2026-03-05 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2026-03-05 Received
enrolled - 2026-03-10 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2026-03-10 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-03-10 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1760
- 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-10 Amendment(s) adopted (664532)
- 2026-03-10 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-10 In Messages
- 2026-03-12 Added to Senate Message List
- 2026-03-12 Amendment 664532 Concur
- 2026-03-12 CS passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-12 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-18 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-03-24 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-03-25 Chapter No. 2026-4
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/880d4cb4-d65b-4b3d-99bd-efaa49f134c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).