---
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).