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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill An Act To Direct The Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board To Assess Strategies To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs And To Take Steps To Implement Reference-Based Pricing An Act To Direct The Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board To Assess Strategies To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs And To Take Steps To Implement Reference-Based Pricing us/states/me Maine Legislature 132 LD 697 Maine LD 697 (132)
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AFFORDABILITY BOARD
COST REDUCTION STRATEGIES
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
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Cameron RENY
4 40 2 2025-02-20 2026-01-11 openstates ocd-bill/e59cab84-d060-4cdf-ae1a-31c4fdbfef09 https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096666 8d933743438a42d8bc2bc698a233eae2426b3a53ea6a4dae856c30488076f2c7 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Maine LD 697 (132) — An Act To Direct The Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board To Assess Strategies To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs And To Take Steps To Implement Reference-Based Pricing

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment C-A (S-159) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment S-A to C-A (S-459) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Chapter 530 (committee substitute) — source
  4. LD 697 SP 314 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 350 (pass) · upper
  • ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 1259 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Cameron RENY — primary (person)
  • Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
  • Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
  • Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
  • Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
  • Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-20 Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 20, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 receipt, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-21 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
  • 2025-05-28 Reports READ
  • 2025-05-28 On motion by Senator BAILEY of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT.
  • 2025-05-29 Taken from the table by the President
  • 2025-05-29 On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
  • 2025-05-29 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 269 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
  • 2025-05-29 Bill READ ONCE reading-1
  • 2025-05-29 Committee Amendment "A" (S-159) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-29 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-159) reading-2, reading-3
  • 2025-05-29 Sent down for concurrence
  • 2025-06-02 Reports READ.
  • 2025-06-02 On motion of Representative MATHIESON of Kittery, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
  • 2025-06-02 ROLL CALL NO. 249
  • 2025-06-02 (Yeas 125 - Nays 9 - Absent 17 - Excused 0)
  • 2025-06-02 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
  • 2025-06-02 Committee Amendment "A" (S-159) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2025-06-02 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
  • 2025-06-02 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-159). reading-3
  • 2025-06-02 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2025-06-02 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
  • 2025-06-02 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2025-06-02 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
  • 2025-06-25 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
  • 2025-06-25 On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-159) reading-3
  • 2025-06-25 On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-159) was ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-25 On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-459) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-159) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2025-06-25 Committee Amendment "A" (S-159) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-459) thereto ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-25 PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-159) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-459) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE. reading-3
  • 2025-06-25 Sent down for concurrence.
  • 2025-06-25 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-159) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-459) thereto. reading-3
  • 2025-06-25 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2025-06-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
  • 2025-06-25 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2025-06-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
  • 2025-07-08 HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
  • 2026-01-11 Became Law without Governor's Signature became-law
  • 2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
  • 2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
  • 2025-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e59cab84-d060-4cdf-ae1a-31c4fdbfef09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).