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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: "HB 7606"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7606 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Morales", "Spears"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-11"
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last_action: "2026-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c029f2f4-b440-4510-aa1b-38e7b1a294d1"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "fff6d40eddfef9b6da358a1a9bca559d5d506a76704ea0eaf2bdb74c9e1c6a26"
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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 HB 7606 (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. **7606 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7606Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AS AMENDED — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Cotter — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Morales — primary (person)
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- Spears — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Meeting postponed (02/24/2026)
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- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2026)
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- **2026-03-03** 03/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
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- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study `substitution`
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- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate 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/c029f2f4-b440-4510-aa1b-38e7b1a294d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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