---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Exempts certain prepackaged manufacturer-supplied steroids and hormones from the pharmaceutical dosage limits contained in the uniform controlled substance act.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Exempts certain prepackaged manufacturer-supplied steroids and hormones from the pharmaceutical dosage limits contained in the uniform controlled substance act.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7723"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7723 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Health", "Food and Drugs", "Prescription drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnston", "Maldonado", "Messier", "Phillips", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99d1687d-9eee-4c87-8b1c-e689a93b387c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a81d9d0bc1f5df6e3d55a16c10f72eb1bcecfd2235cf99308e96bb6f7852ddb1"
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 7723 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Exempts certain prepackaged manufacturer-supplied steroids and hormones from the pharmaceutical dosage limits contained in the uniform controlled substance act.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7723.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnston — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Williams — 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`
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Committee transferred to House H.E.W.
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-25** 06/25/2018 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/99d1687d-9eee-4c87-8b1c-e689a93b387c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).