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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016"
+description: "Requires all lifeguards, and park and forest rangers, who work on a full time basis at any public beach or facility to be trained in administering opioid antagonists."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5273"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5273 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Corvese", "Donovan", "Fellela", "Hopkins", "Lima", "McEntee", "McNamara", "O'Brien", "Read"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-06-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88d2f2c0-5315-4225-be29-3ce3a66d83eb"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "72da66286146ab5a156a8348a35eccacb317d16aa5a8665216ba1d68d10d16cc"
+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 5273 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016
+
+Requires all lifeguards, and park and forest rangers, who work on a full time basis at any public beach or facility to be trained in administering opioid antagonists.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5273 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5273A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **63–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Hopkins — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2025)
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2025)
+- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 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/88d2f2c0-5315-4225-be29-3ce3a66d83eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+