---
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: "SB 2534"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2534 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Health", "Food and Drugs", "Prescription drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Miller", "Satchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fd5d711-2250-4fe3-8008-3384cb699c48"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4554ff031cd6e37e440e6c17db658ff8a696c56e3fcbac1855f98cfcc211bea2"
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 2534 (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. **2534** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2534.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2018)
- **2018-03-08** 03/08/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-19** 04/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2018)
- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/01/2018)
- **2018-05-01** 05/01/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House 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/6fd5d711-2250-4fe3-8008-3384cb699c48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).