---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Creates pilot program to establish harm reduction centers where use of pre-obtained controlled substances may occur under supervision of health care professionals.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Creates pilot program to establish harm reduction centers where use of pre-obtained controlled substances may occur under supervision of health care professionals.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 16 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Committees", "Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "F Lombardi", "Goodwin", "Lombardo", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Murray", "Quezada", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18d33415-856e-4889-9440-ac264e85f7b8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "60714616c4be75e45c7575dfebf48d056f2dc212c077c6bedabf59181f9a3fea"
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 16 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Creates pilot program to establish harm reduction centers where use of pre-obtained controlled substances may occur under supervision of health care professionals.)

## Version chain

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

1. **16 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0016B.pdf)

## Votes

- COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM — **30–7** (pass) · upper
- COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **60–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** 01/15/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** 01/15/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/21/2021)
- **2021-01-21** 01/21/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2021)
- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** 02/12/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/23/2021)
- **2021-02-23** 02/23/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/18d33415-856e-4889-9440-ac264e85f7b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).