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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RESTRICTIONS ON SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT STATIONS ACT"
+description: "Places limits on the number of self-service checkout stations a grocery store can have and on the workload of employees assigned to monitor those checkout stations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7290"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7290 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Carson", "Corvese", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Kislak", "Morales", "Potter", "Read", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eee32cac-008e-417d-af5d-a95f232d248f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a0e3edd8b6d7d4091878e075134093e2e026c1da061be2ca449a1ae81844293e"
+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 HB 7290 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RESTRICTIONS ON SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT STATIONS ACT
+
+Places limits on the number of self-service checkout stations a grocery store can have and on the workload of employees assigned to monitor those checkout stations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7290 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7290A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **60–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2026)
+- **2026-02-05** 02/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
+- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/eee32cac-008e-417d-af5d-a95f232d248f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+