republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/130/ld-1636.md

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Bill	An Act To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs By Using International Pricing	An Act To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs By Using International Pricing	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	130	LD 1636	Maine LD 1636 (130)	bill	INTERNATIONAL PRICING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS REGULATION	enacted	Ned CLAXTON	3	23	2	2021-05-03	2022-04-14	openstates	ocd-bill/87a155e1-5e7f-4e0c-a8bb-45db926fd393	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080692	effbce5c15bed26b1e7b533acb3dc3b0706b2aecd7fc24602516899f67dce692	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1636 (130) — An Act To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs By Using International Pricing

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ENACTMENT — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Enactment — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ned CLAXTON — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-03 Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 3, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 receipt, referral-committee
• 2021-07-19 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302
• 2022-04-05 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2022-04-05 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2022-04-05 Committee Amendment "A" (S-488) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2022-04-05 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-488). reading-2, reading-3
• 2022-04-05 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2022-04-05 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2022-04-05 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2022-04-05 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-488). reading-3
• 2022-04-05 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-07 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2022-04-07 ROLL CALL NO. 530
• 2022-04-07 (Yeas 117 - Nays 0 - Absent 30 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
• 2022-04-07 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2022-04-11 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 725 Yeas 30 - Nays 0 - Excused 4 - Absent 0
• 2022-04-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87a155e1-5e7f-4e0c-a8bb-45db926fd393. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).