---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS ACT"
description: "Requires pharmacy benefit managers to apply for certificate of authority from the office of health insurance commissioner to operate such a business in this state and empowers the commissioner to oversee pharmacy benefit managers and penalize violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3060"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3060 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Ciccone", "LaMountain", "Lawson", "Murray", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-03-12"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba6916de-0da6-43b0-b428-442dcc36b5b3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8ef6813be27a06d11cd90215c9487f0f8761329391598da5fd2499f8f426d2e3"
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 3060 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS ACT

Requires pharmacy benefit managers to apply for certificate of authority from the office of health insurance commissioner to operate such a business in this state and empowers the commissioner to oversee pharmacy benefit managers and penalize violations.

## Version chain

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

1. **3060 SUB B as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3060Baa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **27–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2026)
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2026)
- **2026-05-18** 05/18/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **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 B `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 B as amended (floor amendment) `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 B as amended 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/ba6916de-0da6-43b0-b428-442dcc36b5b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).