---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES"
description: "Amends current law so that initial contraceptive prescriptions would no longer be limited to a 3-month supply."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6038"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6038 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Boylan", "Carson", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Felix", "McGaw", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/151c2dde-7018-4ae1-b455-cbf6116ed27f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e3018a029a23b3a2893180b44089ed91d8ee0d91ae746721ffb9f5a2aa754dc8"
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 6038 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES

Amends current law so that initial contraceptive prescriptions would no longer be limited to a 3-month supply.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **6038** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6038.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **59–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/01/2025)
- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/22/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/151c2dde-7018-4ae1-b455-cbf6116ed27f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).