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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- LIBRARY EBOOK CONTRACTS"
+description: "Establishes enforcement limitations on contract terms for the licensing of electronic books or digital audiobooks to libraries to preclude the library from being subject to unfair sales practices."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2525"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2525 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Murray", "Urso", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-13"
+last_action: "2026-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1ed756f-d553-4a3b-a14e-34d3b9ddba1a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b38629d7bab050d09aa691ed8c3f7c94918f973f0aeb170a8995333e1bc52e74"
+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 2525 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- LIBRARY EBOOK CONTRACTS
+
+Establishes enforcement limitations on contract terms for the licensing of electronic books or digital audiobooks to libraries to preclude the library from being subject to unfair sales practices.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2525 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2525Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-13** 02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2026)
+- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1ed756f-d553-4a3b-a14e-34d3b9ddba1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+