Senate Bill 532
Registration of pharmacy benefit managers, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 8, 2017
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill generally allows the commissioner of insurance to regulate pharmacy benefit managers. A pharmacy benefit manager is an entity that procures prescription drugs at a negotiated rate for dispensation; administers or manages prescription drug benefits; performs mail service pharmacy services; processes pharmacy benefit claims; develops clinical formularies and performs management services; contracts and administers prescription drug rebates; or conducts disease management programs or patient compliance, therapeutic intervention, and generic substitution programs.
The bill prohibits a person, except an insurer already regulated by the commissioner, from performing any activities of a pharmacy benefit manager in this state without first registering with the commissioner. Certain pharmacy benefit managers must be licensed by the Pharmacy Examining Board and registered as a pharmacy benefit manager. If the Pharmacy Examining Board revokes the pharmacy or distributor license for such a pharmacy benefit manager, the commissioner must revoke the pharmacy benefit manager registration. An applicant for registration as a pharmacy benefit manager must file an appropriate application and pay any registration fee set by the commissioner. A registration is valid for one year. The commissioner may refuse to register a pharmacy benefit manager for which a previous registration was suspended or revoked.
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Under the bill, the commissioner, after a hearing, may suspend or revoke a registration of a pharmacy benefit manager if the registered pharmacy benefit manager, or an officer, director, or employee of a registered pharmacy benefit manager does any of the actions specified in the bill. The commissioner may promulgate rules necessary to carry out the intent of pharmacy benefit manager registration. The bill also allows the commissioner to use his or her authority that is granted to regulate insurers to similarly regulate pharmacy benefit managers, including the authority to require reports, conduct examinations, and issue orders.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Democrats.
24 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (24)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 22, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 8, 2017
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Nov 8, 2017
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 8, 2017 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Erpenbach and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Kolste, Sargent, Zamarripa, Anderson, Berceau, Pope, Subeck, Spreitzer, Considine, Billings, Horlacher, Brostoff, Fields, Hesselbein, Vruwink, Ohnstad, Hintz, Young, Shankland, Zepnick, Riemer, Crowley, Genrich and Sinicki
- Nov 8, 2017 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Dec 22, 2017 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 28, 2018 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate