2026 Regular Session
HB870
Provides relative to formulary placement and cost-sharing requirements for certain generic drugs and biosimilars (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
5 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 13, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 870 FINAL PASSAGE (#466)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
96 yea–0 nay · 9 absent
May 19, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 870 FINAL PASSAGE (#1021)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
33 yea–0 nay · 6 absent
May 26, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 870 REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1490)
Passed
99 yea–0 nay · 6 absent
May 31, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 870 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1790)
Passed
94 yea–0 nay · 11 absent
May 31, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 870 ADOPT (#1603)
Passed
36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent
Committee referrals
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Effective date: 08/01/2026.
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House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 907.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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House Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
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Senate Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays. View roll call
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Senate Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. View roll call
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House Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/312026.
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Senate Conference committee report received.
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House Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
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Senate Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
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House House conferees appointed: Turner, Firment, and Miller.
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House Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
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Senate Senate conference committee members appointed: Talbot, Bass, and Harris.
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Senate Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
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House Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
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House Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.
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House Received from the Senate with amendments.
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Senate Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
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Senate Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
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Senate Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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Senate Rules suspended.
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Senate Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate Reported with amendments.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
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Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.
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House Notice given.
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (10-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
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House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
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House Prefiled.