---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Includes fentanyl analogs and synthetic opioids into Schedule I and Schedule II of the list of uniform controlled substances.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Includes fentanyl analogs and synthetic opioids into Schedule I and Schedule II of the list of uniform controlled substances.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 812"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 812 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Food and Drugs", "Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Quezada", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2017-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da54e706-e1e5-4b9b-907c-dd39ef72dde1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "13526d23eabd5335897b1f870823bd6cb8900f46e932f8a6b8a2820313ecea30"
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 812 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Includes fentanyl analogs and synthetic opioids into Schedule I and Schedule II of the list of uniform controlled substances.)

## Version chain

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

1. **812** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0812.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Crowley — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-05** 05/05/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2017)
- **2017-05-09** 05/09/2017 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 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/da54e706-e1e5-4b9b-907c-dd39ef72dde1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).