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New Hampshire · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 247: prohibiting network exclusion for pharmacies that refuse to dispense a prescription of the PBM reimbursement that is below the pharmacy's acquisition cost.

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

SB 247 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: prohibiting network exclusion for pharmacies that refuse to dispense a prescription of the PBM reimbursement that is below the pharmacy's acquisition cost. Primary sponsor: David Rochefort (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 13, 2025): Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 10/28/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC).

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 1 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David RochefortPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Kevin AvardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Brian ColeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 26
Dan InnisCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Carry SpierCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseHillsborough 6

“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. Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 10/28/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC)
  2. Executive Session: 10/28/2025 11:00 am GP 229
  3. Full Committee Work Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 229
  4. Retained in Committee
  5. Executive Session: 05/27/2025 01:15 pm LOB 302-304
  6. Subcommittee Work Session: 05/07/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
  7. Public Hearing: 04/23/2025 11:00 am LOB 302-304
  8. Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 11 P. 113
  9. Sen. Birdsell Floor Amendment # 2025-1401s, AA, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  10. Committee Amendment # 2025-1173s, AF, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  11. Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1401s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  12. SB 247 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 03/27/2025; SJ 9

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

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