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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 Reduce Prescription Drug Costs By Using International Pricing"
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description: "An Act To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs By Using International Pricing"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "130"
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identifier: "LD 1636"
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citation: "Maine LD 1636 (130)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["INTERNATIONAL PRICING", "PRESCRIPTION DRUGS", "REGULATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ned CLAXTON"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-05-03"
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last_action: "2022-04-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87a155e1-5e7f-4e0c-a8bb-45db926fd393"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080692"
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source_hash: "effbce5c15bed26b1e7b533acb3dc3b0706b2aecd7fc24602516899f67dce692"
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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 1636 (130) — An Act To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs By Using International Pricing
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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=SP0520&item=2&snum=130)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0520&item=1&snum=130)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0520&item=3&snum=130)
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## Votes
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- ENACTMENT — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- Enactment — **117–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ned CLAXTON — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **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`
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- **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
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- **2022-04-05** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2022-04-05** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2022-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-488) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **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`
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- **2022-04-05** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
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- **2022-04-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
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- **2022-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-488). `reading-3`
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- **2022-04-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2022-04-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** ROLL CALL NO. 530
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- **2022-04-07** (Yeas 117 - Nays 0 - Absent 30 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
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- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2022-04-11** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 725 Yeas 30 - Nays 0 - Excused 4 - Absent 0
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- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
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- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
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- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
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- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
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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/87a155e1-5e7f-4e0c-a8bb-45db926fd393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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