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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016"
+description: "Extends the immunity from alcohol- or drug-related offenses in cases of emergency overdose care to violations of bail conditions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 6406"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6406 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Casey", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-06-11"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/173d2920-fb17-4357-ba74-a0eca80f11f7"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ac23dd79750cc16ee442ad4be043f675549457db99a4e659160c58c78098df65"
+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 6406 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016
+
+Extends the immunity from alcohol- or drug-related offenses in cases of emergency overdose care to violations of bail conditions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6406** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6406.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/173d2920-fb17-4357-ba74-a0eca80f11f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+