RI HB 7118
deadAN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACEUTICAL COST TRANSPARENCY
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.
Quick answers
Did RI HB 7118 pass?
No. RI HB 7118 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-24): 03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
What is RI HB 7118 about?
Directs the state board of pharmacy to annually identify up to fifteen prescription drugs with increased costs and provides the list to the attorney general to obtain reasons for the cost increases.
Who sponsors RI HB 7118?
Stewart, Cruz, Sanchez and 2 others are the primary sponsors of RI HB 7118.
Description
Directs the state board of pharmacy to annually identify up to fifteen prescription drugs with increased costs and provides the list to the attorney general to obtain reasons for the cost increases.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-15
- Latest action
- 2026-03-24 — 03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Stewartprimary
- Cruzprimary
- Sanchezprimary
- Hullprimary
- Lombardiprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-24
03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure
2026-03-20
03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)
2026-01-15
01/15/2026 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
introduction,referral-committee
Versions
- 7118Compare
Documents
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:31:46.990152Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=RI&identifier=HB 7118. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.