AB 1773 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Pharmacy benefit managers.

Summary

Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a pharmacy benefit manager contracting with a health care service plan or health insurer to secure a license from the Department of Managed Health Care on or after January 1, 2027, or the date on which the department has established the licensure process, whichever is later. This bill would require the department to maintain a public internet website displaying specified information for each licensed pharmacy benefit manager, including, among other things, the legal name, license number, and license expiration date.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Assembly Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 9, 2026 Last action Jun 30, 2026

Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

03/16/26 - Amended Assembly → AB1773 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions of AB 1773. The diff reflects a reformatting of the same amended bill text from a printed document layout (with line numbers) to a web page presentation format. All statutory language, requirements, and provisions remain identical.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a numbered-line printed document style to a web page layout with navigation elements, removing line numbers and adding website UI components such as search bars, links, and version selectors.

Floor votes · Assembly May 4, 2026

How they voted

72–0

Passed · 7 other

Total votes 79

May 4, 2026

D Democratic59

55 Yea 4

93% Yea

R Republican20

17 Yea 3

85% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

upper

May 13, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

upper

May 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4916.)

lower

Apr 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22).

lower

Apr 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

Mar 17, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors