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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DEFENDING AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS ACT"
+description: "Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, manufacturer or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 114"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 114 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "DiMario", "Euer", "Lauria", "Murray", "Pearson", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cae7f2f-73ad-4cea-b951-eb568f5fae04"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "0ba0ce6b63a0480c6ecf7563fb06d980f3059f1edef8f063f88676a70aacf2cf"
+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-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 114 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DEFENDING AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS ACT
+
+Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, manufacturer or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **114 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0114Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **69–2** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/13/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-14** 05/14/2025 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cae7f2f-73ad-4cea-b951-eb568f5fae04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+