---
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: "SB 476"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 476 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "DiMario", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Mack", "Murray", "Ujifusa", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db0ef176-abdc-4a75-83c1-ca8650cb51a0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "61ccef7c43322bcb8217a3c2f6d591fa6453a85d00f330d6ae878dcec51d995a"
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 476 (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. **476** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0476.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–6** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/01/2025)
- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House 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/db0ef176-abdc-4a75-83c1-ca8650cb51a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).