---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES (Excludes the possession of buprenorphine from those controlled substances that can result in criminal penalties.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES (Excludes the possession of buprenorphine from those controlled substances that can result in criminal penalties.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6328"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6328 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Drugs", "Food and Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Bennett", "Caldwell", "Cortvriend", "Craven", "Edwards", "Filippi", "Hull", "McEntee", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-12"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e66f513-9cf8-4d3e-9760-39c9ab66e17f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ae9c2eed570509eb2ca31a0f189bbe99e0b9dbd62018679e2fe70c4ec4046aa3"
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 6328 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES (Excludes the possession of buprenorphine from those controlled substances that can result in criminal penalties.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6328.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Filippi — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/18/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2021)
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2021)
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2021)
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 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/8e66f513-9cf8-4d3e-9760-39c9ab66e17f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).