---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RESTRICTIONS ON SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT STATIONS ACT"
description: "Places limits on the number of self-service checkout stations a grocery store can have and on the workload of employees assigned to monitor those checkout stations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7290"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7290 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Carson", "Corvese", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Kislak", "Morales", "Potter", "Read", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eee32cac-008e-417d-af5d-a95f232d248f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a0e3edd8b6d7d4091878e075134093e2e026c1da061be2ca449a1ae81844293e"
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 7290 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RESTRICTIONS ON SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT STATIONS ACT

Places limits on the number of self-service checkout stations a grocery store can have and on the workload of employees assigned to monitor those checkout stations.

## Version chain

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

1. **7290 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7290A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2026)
- **2026-02-05** 02/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 A `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 A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/eee32cac-008e-417d-af5d-a95f232d248f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).