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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Establish The Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board"
+description: "An Act To Establish The Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 1499"
+citation: "Maine LD 1499 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PRESCRIPTION DRUGS", "AFFORDABILITY BOARD", "ESTABLISHED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-04"
+last_action: "2019-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9de7527-7991-48c8-9704-135ae9eb82e0"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073010"
+source_hash: "cacb41270d9896eff67d1f4ee49c1daafe633cbdecf638d4283221ea35e5c855"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1499 (129) — An Act To Establish The Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0461&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0461&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0461&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Enactment — **126–15** (pass) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
+- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
+- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
+- Geoffrey GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
+- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-04** Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2019-04-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-11** Reports Read
+- **2019-06-11** On motion by Senator SANBORN, H. of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-11** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 264 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
+- **2019-06-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-251) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-11** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-251) `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-11** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2019-06-12** Reports READ.
+- **2019-06-12** On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-251) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-251).
+- **2019-06-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-12** ROLL CALL NO. 244
+- **2019-06-12** (Yeas 126 - Nays 15 - Absent 9 - Excused 1)
+- **2019-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-06-24** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9de7527-7991-48c8-9704-135ae9eb82e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+