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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 163: Pharmacy Benefits Manager Provisions.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 163 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pharmacy Benefits Manager Provisions. Primary sponsor: Heather Rhyne (Republican), Hugh Blackwell (Republican), Cody Huneycutt (Republican). It lists 32 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 30, 2025): Regular Message Sent To Senate.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 31

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Heather RhynePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Hugh BlackwellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Cody HuneycuttPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Eric AgerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse114
Jonathan AlmondCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Jennifer BalkcomCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Brian BiggsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Alan BransonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
William BrissonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Grant CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Todd CarverCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse95
Allen ChesserCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Pricey HarrisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Julia HowardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse77
Chris HumphreyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse12
JohnsonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Keith KidwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse79
Donnie LoftisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse109
John LoweryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse47
Jeff McNeelyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Charlie MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Ben MossCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Joe PikeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Reece PyrtleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Tim ReederCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Paul ScottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse111
Mitchell SetzerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Larry StricklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Steve TysonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Bill WardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Diane WheatleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43
Donna WhiteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Shelly WillinghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
David WillisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Jeff ZengerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Regular Message Sent To Senate
  2. Regular Message Received From House
  3. Passed 1st Reading
  4. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
  5. Passed 2nd Reading
  6. Passed 3rd Reading
  7. Reptd Fav Com Sub 2
  8. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  9. Reptd Fav
  10. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
  11. Placed On Cal For 04/29/2025
  12. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source