---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Creates a new criminal offense for the delivery of a controlled substance resulting in death.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Creates a new criminal offense for the delivery of a controlled substance resulting in death.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7715"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7715 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Criminal Offense", "Criminal Procedure", "Death", "Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Jacquard", "Lima", "Mattiello", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f51dae23-f873-4577-8b27-36cab4080757"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "7927bc6cdf51c9824e69fca4386a732d7bc0c49ddc2ddacaab5e69bb5c695095"
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 7715 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Creates a new criminal offense for the delivery of a controlled substance resulting in death.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7715 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7715Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **55–14** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **14–56** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **20–49** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Jacquard — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Mattiello — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-29** 06/29/2018 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/f51dae23-f873-4577-8b27-36cab4080757`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).