Senate bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-263
Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act
Became law on Oct 10, 2018.
Sponsor: Sen. Susan Collins R-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2018
- Committee actionJul 25, 2018
- Passed SenateSep 17, 2018 · 98–2
- Passed HouseSep 25, 2018 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentOct 1, 2018
- Became lawOct 10, 2018
Latest action: Oct 10, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-263.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2554.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2554, Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act” on September 12, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 31, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54467
- CBO publication date
- September 12, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2554, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/2554
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
25 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 1 independent
15 of 25 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrasso (R-WY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Boozman (R-AR), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), John Kennedy (R-LA), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Tina Smith (D-MN), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Tom Udall (D-NM), Roger Wicker (R-MS).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.