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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES--PARTIAL FILLS (Allows a pharmacist to dispense a partial fill of a Schedule II controlled substance at the request of the patient or the prescriber.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES--PARTIAL FILLS (Allows a pharmacist to dispense a partial fill of a Schedule II controlled substance at the request of the patient or the prescriber.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2541"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2541 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Drugs", "General Assembly", "Physicians", "Prescription drugs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Goodwin", "Miller", "Paolino"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-03-01"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/548cadf9-71ec-45a5-9862-0deff190940b"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "56766bf5534672b4baeab6fd2ac821c95c8f1b8f71b0f2e968a4e0f04a75a6de"
+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 2541 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES--PARTIAL FILLS (Allows a pharmacist to dispense a partial fill of a Schedule II controlled substance at the request of the patient or the prescriber.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2541.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–0** (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`
+- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2018)
+- **2018-03-08** 03/08/2018 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`
+- **2018-07-02** 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/548cadf9-71ec-45a5-9862-0deff190940b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+