Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on January 6, 2026. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 4838
Requires prescription drug coverage for serious mental illness without prior authorization or utilization management, including step therapy.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Sep 19
Chief co-sponsor from Oct 28
Chief co-sponsor from Dec 19
Its course
September 23, 2024 to January 6, 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 action6 actions on 6 days
In the General AssemblySep 23 to Dec 22455 days
Financial Institutions and InsuranceSep 23 to Apr 10199 days
HealthApr 10 to Dec 11245 days
AppropriationsDec 11 to Dec 187 days
In the SenateDec 22 to Jan 6 · stopped15 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading67–6
Passed · Dec 22, 2025 · 1 present
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Apr 10, 2025
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 18, 2025
Text
Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Sep 23 – Dec 22, 2025
- Sep 23Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Financial Institutions and Insurance
- Apr 10, 2025Financial Institutions and Insurance recommended it as amended
- Sent to Health
- Dec 11, 2025Health recommended it
- Sent to Appropriations
- Dec 18, 2025Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 22, 2025Passed the General Assembly, 67 to 6
In the Senate Jan 6, 2026
- Jan 6, 2026Arrived in the Senate
- Read a second time