---
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: "SB 2541"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2541 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "General Assembly", "Physicians", "Prescription drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Goodwin", "Miller", "Paolino"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/548cadf9-71ec-45a5-9862-0deff190940b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "56766bf5534672b4baeab6fd2ac821c95c8f1b8f71b0f2e968a4e0f04a75a6de"
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 2541 (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. **2541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2541.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Paolino — 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
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee transferred to Senate Judiciary
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House 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/548cadf9-71ec-45a5-9862-0deff190940b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).