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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES (Excludes the possession of buprenorphine from those controlled substances that can result in criminal penalties.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES (Excludes the possession of buprenorphine from those controlled substances that can result in criminal penalties.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 65"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 65 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Drugs", "Food and Drugs", "Substance Abuse"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Archambault", "Bell", "Coyne", "DiMario", "Miller", "Murray", "Quezada", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-19"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91c1241a-525d-4224-8e54-8874d5ef564a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f42cf91c49c7d7ee7cc9c1fa36100f422100dbca67b9596c7c0f041701ad54f2"
+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 65 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES (Excludes the possession of buprenorphine from those controlled substances that can result in criminal penalties.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **65 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0065A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- OFFENSES AND PENALTIES — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2021)
+- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2021)
+- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
+- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2021)
+- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 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/91c1241a-525d-4224-8e54-8874d5ef564a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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