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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Provides that the state medical examiner is to conduct a multi-disciplinary team review of drug-related overdose deaths.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Provides that the state medical examiner is to conduct a multi-disciplinary team review of drug-related overdose deaths.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2577"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2577 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Jabour", "Miller", "Satchell", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-03-01"
+last_action: "2018-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f774e31-e02f-42aa-a868-9f4817948ee0"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "2c851699cd0268153fe2cf21d0e5614c0cbe42705c74b79d979f54d132128a5b"
+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 2577 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Provides that the state medical examiner is to conduct a multi-disciplinary team review of drug-related overdose deaths.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2577 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2577B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · upper
+- In Concurrence — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Jabour — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Satchell — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2018)
+- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
+- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
+- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2018)
+- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/0f774e31-e02f-42aa-a868-9f4817948ee0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+