---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- LIBRARY EBOOK CONTRACTS"
description: "Establishes enforcement limitations on contract terms for the licensing of electronic books or digital audiobooks to libraries to preclude the library from being subject to unfair sales practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2525"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2525 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Murray", "Urso", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1ed756f-d553-4a3b-a14e-34d3b9ddba1a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b38629d7bab050d09aa691ed8c3f7c94918f973f0aeb170a8995333e1bc52e74"
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 2525 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- LIBRARY EBOOK CONTRACTS

Establishes enforcement limitations on contract terms for the licensing of electronic books or digital audiobooks to libraries to preclude the library from being subject to unfair sales practices.

## Version chain

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

1. **2525 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2525Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** 02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2026)
- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1ed756f-d553-4a3b-a14e-34d3b9ddba1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).