---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Further Expand Drug Price Transparency"
description: "An Act To Further Expand Drug Price Transparency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1162"
citation: "Maine LD 1162 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PRESCRIPTION DRUGS", "PRICING", "TRANSPARENCY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/333abeaa-93f7-408a-bf47-62752589e5cd"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072309"
source_hash: "abb994d0cd5fa1cca6faf764892b40e6d4ff4c5bc638b13384d756abd99c8fc9"
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 1162 (129) — An Act To Further Expand Drug Price Transparency

## 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=SP0350&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0350&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0350&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACCEPT REPORT — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Enactment — **140–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Dwayne PRESCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- Gina MELARAGNO — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Robert FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed
- **2019-03-07** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-03-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2019-06-11** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 262 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-252) 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-252) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-11** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-12** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-12** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-252).
- **2019-06-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-12** ROLL CALL NO. 242
- **2019-06-12** (Yeas 140 - Nays 1 - 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/333abeaa-93f7-408a-bf47-62752589e5cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).