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House updates effective date and sends prescription drug pricing bill to governor
Summary
The House took up H.266 (the 340B prescription drug pricing program), approved an amendment changing an effective date from July 1 to Jan. 1, 2026 for Section 5, and ordered the bill delivered to the governor forthwith.
The Vermont House took up H.266, an act relating to the 340B prescription drug pricing program, adopted an amendment to change the effective date of Section 5 from July 1 to January 1, 2026, and then ordered the bill to be delivered to the governor forthwith.
On the floor the member from Winooski reported the amendment as "very simple" and identified the committee of jurisdiction's favorable straw poll vote. After concurrence in the Senate proposal of amendment to the House proposal of amendment, the House voted to deliver H.266 to the governor immediately.
Discussion versus decisions: floor action consisted of changing the effective date for one section and completing the legislative steps to transmit the bill to the governor; the House did not amend program mechanics on the floor.
