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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Requires the director of the department of health to develop best practices for co-prescribing opioid antagonists to patients who are prescribed opioid analgesics and allows police and medical personnel to provide an opioid antagonist.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Requires the director of the department of health to develop best practices for co-prescribing opioid antagonists to patients who are prescribed opioid analgesics and allows police and medical personnel to provide an opioid antagonist.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 8333"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8333 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Food and Drugs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Canario", "Lombardi", "Vella-Wilkinson", "Walsh"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-06-20"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/285544bb-cb0c-4edf-853b-495267ca63f2"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "c878be11b1f6ae621dc09e41be4f3d42cf2321e6c55a49b9b2d8d3c3f04b2310"
+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 8333 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Requires the director of the department of health to develop best practices for co-prescribing opioid antagonists to patients who are prescribed opioid analgesics and allows police and medical personnel to provide an opioid antagonist.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8333 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8333A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Canario — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+- Walsh — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/285544bb-cb0c-4edf-853b-495267ca63f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+