---
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).