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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- LIBRARY EBOOK CONTRACTS"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 2525"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2525 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Murray", "Urso", "Zurier"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-13"
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last_action: "2026-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1ed756f-d553-4a3b-a14e-34d3b9ddba1a"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "b38629d7bab050d09aa691ed8c3f7c94918f973f0aeb170a8995333e1bc52e74"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 2525 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- LIBRARY EBOOK CONTRACTS
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **2525 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2525Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Urso — primary (person)
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- Zurier — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-13** 02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2026)
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- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
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- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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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).
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