---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES--PARTIAL FILLS (Allows a pharmacist to dispense a partial fill of a Schedule II controlled substance at the request of the patient or the prescriber.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES--PARTIAL FILLS (Allows a pharmacist to dispense a partial fill of a Schedule II controlled substance at the request of the patient or the prescriber.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7416"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7416 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "Food and Drugs", "General Assembly", "Physicians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Edwards", "Mattiello", "McNamara", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6bfe198-b96f-44a3-91a3-17b99dbc596b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "0eb4c9c51556534d453956d46e459ef2e954858f8095f8d13e5d65e91ca9e82f"
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 7416 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES--PARTIAL FILLS (Allows a pharmacist to dispense a partial fill of a Schedule II controlled substance at the request of the patient or the prescriber.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7416.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Mattiello — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee transferred to Senate Judiciary
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/a6bfe198-b96f-44a3-91a3-17b99dbc596b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).