---
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: "SB 489"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 489 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Charitable Organizations", "Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Medical"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Coyne", "Lombardo", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91940631-36de-4d97-a94d-13ffea4c9731"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a1bd55cd852540fd6a61b2d07f4458c22c0c8c48b5be2a79bc7e165c556c7f5f"
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 489 (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. **489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0489.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2021)
- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2021)
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House 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/91940631-36de-4d97-a94d-13ffea4c9731`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).