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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 482

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the minimum sale price of prescription drugs.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Unfair Sales Act or "minimum markup" law prohibits

"loss leaders," or wholesale and retail sales of merchandise at a price below the cost

of the merchandise to the seller.

This bill exempts prescription drugs from the Unfair Sales Act. As a result, the

bill deletes the current prohibition on below-cost sales of prescription drugs.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cullen (D) , Fields (D) , Grigsby (D) , Hintz (D) , Hubler (D) , Kramer (R) , Mason (D) , Newcomer (R) , Pasch (D) , Pope-Roberts (D) , Richards (D) , Roys (D) , Schneider (D) , Sinicki (D) , Turner (D) , Vruwink (D) , Vukmir (R) , Young (D)

10 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Erpenbach (D) , Jorgensen and Nass , Lazich (R) , Olsen (R) , Plale (D) , Risser (D) , Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on Health and Healthcare Reform, Ayes 10, Noes 2

Passed 10–2 Nov 24, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence by committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation, Ayes 2, Noes 3

Failed 2–3 Apr 6, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 6, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Richards, Roys, Hubler, Mason, Young, Pasch, Turner, Grigsby, Schneider, Hintz, Vukmir, Sinicki, Pope-Roberts, Newcomer, Kramer, Vruwink, Cullen and Fields;Cosponsored by Senators Risser, Carpenter, Olsen, Cowles, Erpenbach, Lazich, Taylor, Darling and Plale

  2. Oct 6, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health and Healthcare Reform

  3. Oct 13, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 14, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 28, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Nov 24, 2009 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Health and Healthcare Reform, Ayes 10, Noes 2

  7. Nov 24, 2009 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-25-2010 by committee on Rules

  9. Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representatives Nygren and Bernard Schaber

  10. Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 adopted

  11. Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Refused to lay on the table

  14. Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  15. Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Representatives Jorgensen and Nass added as coauthors

  17. Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Feb 26, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Mar 1, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation

  20. Mar 31, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  21. Apr 6, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  22. Apr 6, 2010 · Senate

    Report concurrence by committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation, Ayes 2, Noes 3

  23. Apr 6, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1