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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs By Using International Pricing"
description: "An Act To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs By Using International Pricing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1636"
citation: "Maine LD 1636 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INTERNATIONAL PRICING", "PRESCRIPTION DRUGS", "REGULATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ned CLAXTON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-03"
last_action: "2022-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87a155e1-5e7f-4e0c-a8bb-45db926fd393"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080692"
source_hash: "effbce5c15bed26b1e7b533acb3dc3b0706b2aecd7fc24602516899f67dce692"
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 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](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0520&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0520&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0520&item=3&snum=130)
## Votes
- ENACTMENT — **300** (pass) · upper
- Enactment — **1170** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87a155e1-5e7f-4e0c-a8bb-45db926fd393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).