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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Restricts the initial prescription to an adult and all prescriptions to a minor patient for an opiate to a seven (7) day supply with exceptions for certain conditions and medicines designed for substance abuse or opioid dependence treatment.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Restricts the initial prescription to an adult and all prescriptions to a minor patient for an opiate to a seven (7) day supply with exceptions for certain conditions and medicines designed for substance abuse or opioid dependence treatment.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5537"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5537 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Dentist", "Drugs", "Food and Drugs", "Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Bennett", "Caldwell", "Mattiello", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b73f2e38-45d8-4837-948b-c1869ea95e3d"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "40ca0c21dd72d639e8979c6d30a59b838da6811721792d34da2a8a303399f8fe"
+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 5537 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Restricts the initial prescription to an adult and all prescriptions to a minor patient for an opiate to a seven (7) day supply with exceptions for certain conditions and medicines designed for substance abuse or opioid dependence treatment.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5537 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5537A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Mattiello — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2019)
+- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Meeting postponed (05/29/2019)
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2019)
+- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/b73f2e38-45d8-4837-948b-c1869ea95e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+