---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DONATION OF MEDICATIONS FOR USE BY NONPROFIT, STATE AND LOCAL FACILITIES (Establishes a process for the donation of unused medications for use by nonprofit, state and local facilities by owners of animals.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DONATION OF MEDICATIONS FOR USE BY NONPROFIT, STATE AND LOCAL FACILITIES (Establishes a process for the donation of unused medications for use by nonprofit, state and local facilities by owners of animals.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6283"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6283 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Charitable Organizations", "Food and Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Medical"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-29"
last_action: "2021-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d7cc99f-7461-4443-98a1-0801ad4e91fa"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f2443cccbfc22f8d755d2718a0a37e8177ec267d4dd2121c15fac25d583aa0d7"
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 6283 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DONATION OF MEDICATIONS FOR USE BY NONPROFIT, STATE AND LOCAL FACILITIES (Establishes a process for the donation of unused medications for use by nonprofit, state and local facilities by owners of animals.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6283.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2021)
- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2021)
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 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/1d7cc99f-7461-4443-98a1-0801ad4e91fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).