---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS NOTIFICATION ACT"
description: "Requires healthcare providers and healthcare facilities to inform patients of the use of artificial intelligence to memorialize patient visits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7538"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7538 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Hull", "Lombardi", "McGaw", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/255479d6-1c7e-4761-91ee-0aa9eb6d9103"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5b85bacdc9cc86803b9ce0c12a82d4c6cbf389efb637d668affcdd3bb0c3a3f5"
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 7538 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS NOTIFICATION ACT

Requires healthcare providers and healthcare facilities to inform patients of the use of artificial intelligence to memorialize patient visits.

## Version chain

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

1. **7538 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7538A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–14** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **64–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2026)
- **2026-03-03** 03/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/30/2026)
- **2026-03-30** 03/30/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/16/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 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 Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A 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/255479d6-1c7e-4761-91ee-0aa9eb6d9103`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).