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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)"
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description: "Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 424"
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citation: "Maryland HB 424 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woods", "Woorman"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-01-16"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/301a695b-abdd-413c-b92d-695e601fd6ed"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0424?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "ceb82ed40b12552ab9685ed79c50d972a8b4306f0200bdc0d4e8372d157247a8"
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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-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 424 (2025) — Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)
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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. **Chapter - Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_611_hb0424e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0424e.pdf)
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3. **First - Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority for Upper Payment Limits (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0424f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority for Upper Payment Limits (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0424t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLA Del. Pippy /503520/1 — **36–98** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Buckel /783722/1 — **36–96** (fail) · lower
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **33–12** (pass) · upper
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- FLA Del. Rose /113920/1 — **35–97** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Hornberger /573427/1 — **37–97** (fail) · lower
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **100–38** (pass) · lower
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- FLA Del. Buckel /293321/1 — **34–100** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Hartman /573729/1 — **36–98** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Griffith /583124/1 — **38–95** (fail) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **94–38** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alston — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kerr — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- S. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- White Holland — primary (person)
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- Woods — primary (person)
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- Woorman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-16** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-18** Motion Special Order until 02/19 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
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- **2025-02-19** Floor Amendment {
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- **2025-02-19** Floor Amendment {
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- **2025-02-19** Floor Amendment {
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- **2025-02-19** Floor Amendment {
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- **2025-02-19** Floor Amendment {
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- **2025-02-19** Floor Amendment {
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- **2025-02-19** Floor Amendment {
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- **2025-02-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-02-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-02-24** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
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- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 611 `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/301a695b-abdd-413c-b92d-695e601fd6ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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