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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PHARMACY FREEDOM OF CHOICE--FAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES"
+description: "Imposes certain duties, transparency, and accountability from pharmacy benefits managers and pharmacy benefits management services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 3059"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 3059 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "LaMountain", "Lawson", "Murray", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-03-12"
+last_action: "2026-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d109773-536b-4017-bd89-12ffa083c53b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "39e695d5fd8d7d163f0e9f071745542c69403175bb8903552ac047a169dd4ecb"
+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 3059 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PHARMACY FREEDOM OF CHOICE--FAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES
+
+Imposes certain duties, transparency, and accountability from pharmacy benefits managers and pharmacy benefits management services.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **3059 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3059B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
+- In Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2026)
+- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2026)
+- **2026-05-18** 05/18/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `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 B `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 B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/4d109773-536b-4017-bd89-12ffa083c53b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+