Maryland House Bill 631 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 80-9-1)
Status: Passed on May 27 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-27 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 818
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Prohibiting a manufacturer or wholesale distributor from engaging in price gouging in the sale of an essential off-patent or generic drug; establishing that it is not a violation of a specified provision of the Act for a wholesale distributor to increase a price of an essential off-patent or generic drug under specified circumstances; authorizing the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to notify the Attorney General of an increase in the price of an essential off-patent or generic drug under specified circumstances; etc.

Public Health - Essential Off-Patent or Generic Drugs - Price Gouging - Prohibition

Del. The Speaker [?]	Del. Eric Bromwell [D]	Del. Curtis Anderson [D]	Del. Vanessa Atterbeary [D]
Del. Charles Barkley [D]	Del. Ben Barnes [D]	Del. Darryl Barnes [D]	Del. Erek Barron [D]
Del. Kumar Barve [D]	Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]	Sen. Benjamin Brooks [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]
Del. Mark Chang [D]	Del. Luke Clippinger [D]	Del. Frank Conaway [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]
Del. Dereck Davis [D]	Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]	Del. Eric Ebersole [D]	Del. Diana Fennell [D]
Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. William Frick [D]	Del. Barbara Frush [D]	Del. Tawanna Gaines [D]
Del. James Gilchrist [D]	Del. Cheryl Glenn [D]	Del. Ana Gutierrez [D]	Sen. Antonio Hayes [D]
Del. Keith Haynes [D]	Del. Anne Healey [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]
Del. Sheila Hixson [D]	Del. Marvin Holmes [D]	Del. Carolyn Howard [D]	Sen. Michael Jackson [D]
Del. Jay Jalisi [D]	Del. Sally Jameson [D]	Del. Adrienne Jones [D]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]
Del. Tony Knotts [D]	Del. Carol Krimm [D]	Del. Stephen Lafferty [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]
Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Brooke Lierman [D]	Del. Mary Ann Lisanti [D]	Del. Eric Luedtke [D]
Sen. Cory McCray [D]	Del. Maggie McIntosh [D]	Del. Aruna Miller [D]	Del. David Moon [D]
Del. Marice Morales [D]	Sen. Nathaniel Oaks [D]	Del. Edith Patterson [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]
Del. Andrew Platt [D]	Del. Elizabeth Proctor [D]	Del. Pamela Queen [D]	Del. Kirill Reznik [D]
Del. Shane Robinson [D]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D]	Del. Carlos Sanchez [D]
Del. Theodore Sophocleus [D]	Del. Dana Stein [D]	Sen. Charles Sydnor [D]	Del. James Tarlau [D]
Del. Frank Turner [D]	Del. Kriselda Valderrama [D]	Del. Joseph Vallario [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]
Del. Jay Walker [D]	Sen. Alonzo Washington [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]	Del. C.T. Wilson [D]
Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]	Del. Pat Young [D]	Del. Shane Pendergrass [D]	Del. Angela Angel [D]
Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Patrick McDonough [R]	Del. Ric Metzgar [R]	Del. Christian Miele [R]
Del. Sid Saab [R]	Sen. Chris West [R]	Del. Susan Aumann [R]	Del. Ned Carey [D]
Sen. Johnny Mautz [R]	Del. Seth Howard [R]

2017-04-02 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (137-2) (Y: 137 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-04-01 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (38-7) (Y: 38 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-04-01 - Senate - Senate Floor - Floor Amendment {893327/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (14-31) (Y: 14 N: 31 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2017-04-01 - Senate - Senate Floor - Floor Amendment {683326/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (13-32) (Y: 13 N: 32 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2017-03-17 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (137-4) (Y: 137 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-27	House	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 818
2017-04-10	House	Passed Enrolled
2017-04-10	House	Third Reading Passed (137-2)
2017-04-10	House	House Concur - Senate Amendments
2017-04-07	Senate	Third Reading Passed with Amendments (38-7)
2017-04-07	Senate	Floor Amendment {893327/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (14-31)
2017-04-07	Senate	Floor Amendment {683326/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (13-32)
2017-04-06	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2017-04-06	Senate	Floor Amendment {943322/2 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
2017-04-05	Senate	Special Order until 4/6 (Senator Feldman) Adopted
2017-04-05	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {247274/1 Report Adopted
2017-04-05	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2017-03-23	Senate	Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-03-21	Senate	First Reading Finance
2017-03-20	House	Third Reading Passed (137-4)
2017-03-20	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2017-03-20	House	Favorable with Amendments {376789/1 Report Adopted
2017-03-20	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2017-02-23	House	Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
2017-01-30	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations and Economic Matters

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0631?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0631f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0631t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0631e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/Chapters_noln/CH_818_hb0631e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0001/hb0631_37678901.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0001/hb0631_24727401.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0001/hb0631_94332202.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0001/hb0631_68332601.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0001/hb0631_89332701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0001/hb0631.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/hb0631_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/hb0631_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0631,h-0847&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0631,s-1253&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0631,s-1254&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0631,s-1255&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0631,h-1422&stab=02&ys=2017RS