Maine 130th Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Enacted

LD 1636 — An Act To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs By Using International Pricing

Last action — Signed by Governor

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 03, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  2. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 725 Yeas 30 - Nays 0 - Excused 4 - Absent 0

  3. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  4. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  5. (Yeas 117 - Nays 0 - Absent 30 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)

  6. ROLL CALL NO. 530

  7. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  8. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  9. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-488).

  10. Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.

  11. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY

  12. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.

  13. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-488).

  14. Committee Amendment "A" (S-488) READ and ADOPTED.

  15. READ ONCE.

  16. Report READ and ACCEPTED.

  17. Reported Out - OTP-AM

  18. Voted - OTP-AM

  19. Work Session Held

  20. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302

  21. Carry Over Approved

  22. Carry Over Requested

  23. 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

Sponsors

  • Ned CLAXTON · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 185 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Ned CLAXTON

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (185)

185 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

ENACTMENT

Passed 30 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 8002
Independent 1000
Republican 8000
Unaffiliated 13002
Total 30004
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
BREEN of Cumberland — Yea
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
CLAXTON of Androscoggin — Yea
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
FARRIN of Somerset — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Not Voting
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Not Voting
MAXMIN of Lincoln — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Yea
ROSEN of Hancock — Yea
SANBORN of Cumberland — Yea
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Yea
James Dill Democrat Yea
Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat Yea
Joseph M. Baldacci Democrat Not Voting
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Not Voting
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Stacy F. Brenner Democrat Yea
Richard A. Bennett Independent Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Marianne Moore Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea

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Enactment

Passed 117 Yea · 0 Nay · 30 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 570020
Republican 26008
Democrat 32002
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 1170030
% of votes cast 80%0%0%20%
How each member voted (147)
Member Party Vote
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Not Voting
BOYLE of Gorham — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Yea
CEBRA of Naples — Yea
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
CONNOR of Lewiston — Yea
COREY of Windham — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Not Voting
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Not Voting
CUDDY of Winterport — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Yea
DOLLOFF of Milton Township — Not Voting
DOWNES of Bucksport — Yea
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Not Voting
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Yea
HARNETT of Gardiner — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Not Voting
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Yea
KINNEY of Knox — Not Voting
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LAROCHELLE of Augusta — Yea
LIBBY of Auburn — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Not Voting
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McDONALD of Stonington — Not Voting
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
MORALES of South Portland — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Not Voting
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Not Voting
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Not Voting
PAULHUS of Bath — Not Voting
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Not Voting
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Not Voting
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Not Voting
ROCHE of Wells — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SHARPE of Durham — Not Voting
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Not Voting
STANLEY of Medway — Not Voting
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Yea
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Yea
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
WOOD of Portland — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Arthur Bell Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Not Voting
Laura Supica Democrat Yea
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Yea
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Yea
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Not Voting
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Yea
Amanda Collamore Republican Yea
Amy Arata Republican Yea
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Yea
Bruce Bickford Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Not Voting
David G. Haggan Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Yea
Irene Gifford Republican Yea
James Thorne Republican Yea
Jennifer Poirier Republican Yea
John Ducharme Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Not Voting
Joseph Underwood Republican Yea
Joshua Morris Republican Yea
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Lemelin Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Not Voting
Nathan Carlow Republican Not Voting
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Yea
Randall Greenwood Republican Yea
Randall Hall Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Yea
Sheila Lyman Republican Not Voting
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Yea
Steven Foster Republican Yea
Susan Bernard Republican Not Voting
Tracy Quint Republican Not Voting
Wayne Parry Republican Not Voting
William Tuell Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1636?
LD 1636 is sponsored by Ned CLAXTON.
What is the current status of LD 1636?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 03, 2021. Enacted.
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