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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Creates pilot program to establish harm reduction centers where use of pre-obtained controlled substances may occur under supervision of health care professionals.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Creates pilot program to establish harm reduction centers where use of pre-obtained controlled substances may occur under supervision of health care professionals.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 16"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 16 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Committees", "Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "F Lombardi", "Goodwin", "Lombardo", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Murray", "Quezada", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-15"
+last_action: "2021-07-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18d33415-856e-4889-9440-ac264e85f7b8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "60714616c4be75e45c7575dfebf48d056f2dc212c077c6bedabf59181f9a3fea"
+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 16 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Creates pilot program to establish harm reduction centers where use of pre-obtained controlled substances may occur under supervision of health care professionals.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **16 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0016B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM — **30–7** (pass) · upper
+- COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM — **34–3** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **60–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- F Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Lombardo — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-15** 01/15/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-15** 01/15/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/21/2021)
+- **2021-01-21** 01/21/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2021)
+- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-12** 02/12/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/23/2021)
+- **2021-02-23** 02/23/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
+- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/18d33415-856e-4889-9440-ac264e85f7b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+