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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Protect Consumers From Unfair Practices Related To Pharmacy Benefits Management"
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description: "An Act To Protect Consumers From Unfair Practices Related To Pharmacy Benefits Management"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "129"
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identifier: "LD 1504"
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citation: "Maine LD 1504 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH CARE SERVICES", "PHARMACIES", "PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-04-04"
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last_action: "2019-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ce8f83e-be2b-45e3-8cae-16b04782805d"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073027"
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source_hash: "b8aeee206a9f760f2a8fd16fdf1ba2276c0962c3981dec447ef86b4ad0756f01"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 1504 (129) — An Act To Protect Consumers From Unfair Practices Related To Pharmacy Benefits Management
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0466&item=2&snum=129)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0466&item=1&snum=129)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0466&item=4&snum=129)
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4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0466&item=3&snum=129)
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## Votes
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- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Enactment — **140–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
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- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
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- Geoffrey GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
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- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
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- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
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- Victoria FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **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
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- **2019-04-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-11** Reports Read
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- **2019-06-11** On motion by Senator SANBORN, H. of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended By Committee Amendment "A" (S-253) Report ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-06-11** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 265 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
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- **2019-06-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2019-06-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-253) READ and ADOPTED
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- **2019-06-11** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-253) `reading-2`
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- **2019-06-11** Sent down for concurrence
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- **2019-06-12** Reports READ.
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- **2019-06-12** On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-06-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2019-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-253) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **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.
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- **2019-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-253).
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- **2019-06-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-06-12** ROLL CALL NO. 245
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- **2019-06-12** (Yeas 140 - Nays 0 - Absent 10 - Excused 1)
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- **2019-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-06-24** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ce8f83e-be2b-45e3-8cae-16b04782805d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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