---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)"
description: "Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 357"
citation: "Maryland SB 357 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman", "Gile", "Hester"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/019ac470-cadb-44ef-bcd5-8356426b37f8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0357?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1c2f0a3a1fd0997cefcb6d08b172ad638c8db0ff162d0a806a3ab9412e8503b1"
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-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 357 (2025) — Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_610_sb0357e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0357e.pdf)
3. **First - Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority for Upper Payment Limits (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0357f.pdf)
4. **Third - Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0357t.pdf)

## Votes

- Floor Amendment West /823025/1 — **15–30** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **35–12** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **32–11** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Ready /223022/1 — **13–33** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **102–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-16** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Motion Laid Over (Senator Salling) Adopted
- **2025-03-12** Committee Amendment {
- **2025-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-15** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 610 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/019ac470-cadb-44ef-bcd5-8356426b37f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).