---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Requires health care professionals upon issuance of initial opioid prescription to discuss with patient/parent/guardian risk of developing dependence/addiction/potential of overdose/death/adverse risks of concurrent use of alcohol/other psychoactive drugs)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Requires health care professionals upon issuance of initial opioid prescription to discuss with patient/parent/guardian risk of developing dependence/addiction/potential of overdose/death/adverse risks of concurrent use of alcohol/other psychoactive drugs)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 493"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 493 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Drugs", "Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Nesselbush", "Satchell", "Sheehan", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92c5f199-d8a9-4d6c-bd84-10ee64c6fc02"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2fac03a070e86410d5ad6c7f9556d2f64bdfbbd7f6cb16dce02e1c2ad3746b69"
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 493 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Requires health care professionals upon issuance of initial opioid prescription to discuss with patient/parent/guardian risk of developing dependence/addiction/potential of overdose/death/adverse risks of concurrent use of alcohol/other psychoactive drugs)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **493 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0493A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)
- Sheehan — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2017)
- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 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/92c5f199-d8a9-4d6c-bd84-10ee64c6fc02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).