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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PHARMACY FREEDOM OF CHOICE--FAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES"
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description: "Imposes certain duties, transparency, and accountability from pharmacy benefits managers and pharmacy benefits management services."
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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 3059"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 3059 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "LaMountain", "Lawson", "Murray", "Tikoian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-03-12"
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last_action: "2026-06-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d109773-536b-4017-bd89-12ffa083c53b"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "39e695d5fd8d7d163f0e9f071745542c69403175bb8903552ac047a169dd4ecb"
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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 3059 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PHARMACY FREEDOM OF CHOICE--FAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES
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Imposes certain duties, transparency, and accountability from pharmacy benefits managers and pharmacy benefits management services.
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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. **3059 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3059B.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
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- In Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2026)
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- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2026)
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- **2026-05-18** 05/18/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub B `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 B in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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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/4d109773-536b-4017-bd89-12ffa083c53b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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