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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: "SB 981"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 981 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Food and Drugs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-06-13"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adf46b0b-6c66-4809-b999-f03f2cb526ec"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "957f03a1a10c42a7fa2edaba58e05dd88a45117dc3e7f79901a1b2eeb01a475d"
+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 981 (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. **981** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0981.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2019)
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed 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/adf46b0b-6c66-4809-b999-f03f2cb526ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+