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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Creates a new criminal offense for the delivery of a controlled substance resulting in death.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Creates a new criminal offense for the delivery of a controlled substance resulting in death.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7715"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7715 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Attorney General", "Criminal Offense", "Criminal Procedure", "Death", "Drugs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Jacquard", "Lima", "Mattiello", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-02-28"
+last_action: "2018-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f51dae23-f873-4577-8b27-36cab4080757"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "7927bc6cdf51c9824e69fca4386a732d7bc0c49ddc2ddacaab5e69bb5c695095"
+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 HB 7715 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Creates a new criminal offense for the delivery of a controlled substance resulting in death.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7715 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7715Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **55–14** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **14–56** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **20–49** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Jacquard — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+- Mattiello — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
+- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2018)
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2018)
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-29** 06/29/2018 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/f51dae23-f873-4577-8b27-36cab4080757`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+