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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2539"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2539 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Drugs", "Food and Drugs", "Prescription drugs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Goodwin", "Miller", "Paolino"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-03-01"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b76e7a17-d27e-4e16-ba89-ea29f3fcce6b"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "f073b76930de631deda04997bd18926a1ffc83e0a1f3d15f964628ce337900e2"
+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 SB 2539 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2539 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2539aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **54–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- In Concurrence — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- AS AMENDED — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- RECONSIDERATION — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conley — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Paolino — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2018)
+- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee transferred to Senate Judiciary
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House voted to reconsider
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed as amended 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/b76e7a17-d27e-4e16-ba89-ea29f3fcce6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+