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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: "SB 926"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 926 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["LaMountain"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-28"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a98db66d-a289-4944-8a3e-8a523eafc423"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "dd2865c4f4cba5e573d8cc462fa02e1c2a8432af0e6a6741e9badf2502a7c618"
+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 926 (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. **926** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0926.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2025)
+- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2025)
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House 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/a98db66d-a289-4944-8a3e-8a523eafc423`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+