---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Removes the sunset provision on the requirement that the office of state medical examiners be responsible for a multidisciplinary team review of drug related overdose deaths.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Removes the sunset provision on the requirement that the office of state medical examiners be responsible for a multidisciplinary team review of drug related overdose deaths.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6014"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6014 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Health", "Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Caldwell", "Edwards", "Kislak", "Morales", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab6316bc-c165-42e1-baf5-14145c41e605"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2586d162ea377dba6b7659cb9ba2e1c300697b86c2ec4b5c2dfa5dd50c4a951b"
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 6014 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Removes the sunset provision on the requirement that the office of state medical examiners be responsible for a multidisciplinary team review of drug related overdose deaths.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6014** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6014.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2021)
- **2021-03-22** 03/22/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/30/2021)
- **2021-03-30** 03/30/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Placed on House Calendar (04/07/2021)
- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/03/2021)
- **2021-05-03** 05/03/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/18/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** 05/26/2021 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/ab6316bc-c165-42e1-baf5-14145c41e605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).