---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Defines \"chronic intractable pain\" for purposes of intractable pain management.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Defines \"chronic intractable pain\" for purposes of intractable pain management.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 384"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 384 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Drugs", "Medical", "Opioids", "Prescription drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Cano", "Euer", "F Lombardi", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Murray", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97aeded8-16df-4c98-94ce-388c48ad7892"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6cc74596a412a1980e45e78d5833e8fd3035f6cbdcd4cc58682304b3292d8f72"
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 384 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Defines "chronic intractable pain" for purposes of intractable pain management.)

## Version chain

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

1. **384 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0384A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2021)
- **2021-03-17** 03/17/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/24/2021)
- **2021-03-24** 03/24/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/30/2021)
- **2021-03-30** 03/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2021)
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/27/2021)
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 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/97aeded8-16df-4c98-94ce-388c48ad7892`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).