# New York S 5939: Relates to payments by a pharmacy benefit manager to participating pharmacies New York S 5939, Relates to payments by a pharmacy benefit manager to participating pharmacies, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by James Skoufis (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2026-06-05 (RETURNED TO SENATE) (as of 2026-10-15). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S5939-2025 - As of: 2026-10-15 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: New York S 5939 - State: New York - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: Relates to payments by a pharmacy benefit manager to participating pharmacies - Status: passed house - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-03-04 - Last action: 2026-06-05, RETURNED TO SENATE - Sponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 19 - Subjects: HEALTH, INSURANCE, WAYS AND MEANS - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (336 yes, 5 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Christopher Ryan (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Gustavo Rivera (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Jack M. Martins (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jeremy Cooney (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: John Liu (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Joseph A. Griffo (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Julia Salazar (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lea Webb (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michelle Hinchey (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Nathalia Fernandez (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Patricia Fahy (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Patrick M. Gallivan (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Shelley Mayer (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Siela Bynoe (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Steve Rhoads (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Toby Ann Stavisky (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-06-05 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 132 | 0 | | | 2026-05-28 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 58 | 2 | | | 2026-02-24 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 55 | 1 | | | 2026-02-09 | committee | Health Committee Vote | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2025-06-13 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 57 | 2 | | | 2025-06-12 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 20 | 0 | | ## Actions (30) - 2026-06-05: RETURNED TO SENATE (House) - 2026-06-05: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House) - 2026-06-04: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.483 (House) - 2026-06-04: SUBSTITUTED FOR A5882C (House) - 2026-05-28: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House) - 2026-05-28: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2026-05-28: REPASSED SENATE (Senate) - 2026-03-11: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5939C (Senate) - 2026-03-11: VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING (Senate) - 2026-03-11: RETURNED TO SENATE (House) - 2026-03-11: RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2026-02-24: REFERRED TO INSURANCE (House) - 2026-02-24: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2026-02-24: PASSED SENATE (Senate) - 2026-02-11: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate) - 2026-02-10: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate) - 2026-02-09: 1ST REPORT CAL.305 (Senate) - 2026-01-07: REFERRED TO HEALTH (Senate) - 2026-01-07: RETURNED TO SENATE (House) - 2026-01-07: DIED IN ASSEMBLY (House) - 2025-06-13: REFERRED TO HEALTH (House) - 2025-06-13: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2025-06-13: PASSED SENATE (Senate) - 2025-06-12: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1985 (Senate) - 2025-06-12: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate) - 2025-06-08: PRINT NUMBER 5939B (Senate) - 2025-06-08: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH (Senate) - 2025-06-06: PRINT NUMBER 5939A (Senate) - 2025-06-06: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH (Senate) - 2025-03-04: REFERRED TO HEALTH (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment C, 2026-03-11: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5939C) - Amendment B, 2025-06-08: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5939B) - Amendment A, 2025-06-06: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5939A) - Original, 2025-03-04: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5939) ## Related bills - S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are considered unsafe for minors (signed) - S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer (signed) - A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors (signed) - A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose real estate transfer taxes and to deposit revenue from such taxes into a community… (signed) - S 9968: Establishes the Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company Benevolent Association (signed) - S 8953: Establishes the Clarence Center Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association (signed) ## Sources - [Amendment C (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5939C) - [Amendment B (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5939B) - [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5939A) - [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5939) ## Related - [S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are cons…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S9051-2025) - [S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S10643-2025) - [A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A5175-2025) - [A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10052-2025) - [S 9968: Establishes the Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company Benevolent Association](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S9968-2025) - [S 8953: Establishes the Clarence Center Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Assoc…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S8953-2025) - [New York bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york/bills) - [New York state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S5939-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).