In the Senate since March 12, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 494
AN ACT CONCERNING PRESCRIPTION DRUG SHORTAGES, PRESCRIPTION DRUG REBATES AND PROHIBITED MANUFACTURER PRACTICES CONCERNING CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To set term limits and administrative support for a prescription drug task force, require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to expand the Strategic Supply Chain Initiative to include efforts to prevent or mitigate prescription drug shortages and require the Commissioner of Social Services to negotiate more supplemental prescription drug rebates.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
March 12 to April 7, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action9 actions on 6 days
In the SenateFrom Mar 12
Human Services CommitteeMar 12 to Mar 197 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Mar 12 – Mar 19
- Mar 12Introduced and sent to Human Services Committee
- Mar 13Heard in Human Services Committee
- Mar 19Human Services Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 9 actions, as published
- Mar 12REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 13PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 19Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
- Mar 20FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 30REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 7FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Apr 7SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- Apr 7FILE NO.Both houses