BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 5421: Access to pharmacy services

Expanding access to pharmacy services.

Summary

Requires a retail community pharmacy that requests to enter into a contractual agreement to join a retail pharmacy network to be considered part of a pharmacy benefit manager's retail pharmacy network for purposes of an enrollee's or dependent's right to choose where to purchase covered prescription drugs if certain conditions are met.

From the Bill Digest (SB 5421), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to expanding access to pharmacy services;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5421 (2025–26) Small businesses/residential · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5421 (2023–24) Benefit enrollment info. · Enacted · Chapter 45, Laws of 2023
SB 5421 (2021–22) Salmon fisheries disputes · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5421 (2017–18) Greenhouse gas emissions · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5421 (2015–16) Teen summer employment wage · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5421 (2013–14) Higher ed enrollment/funding · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5421 (2011–12) Urban growth areas · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5421 (2009–10) Salmon & steelhead stamps · Enacted · Chapter 420, Laws of 2009