---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Removes the sunset provision on the requirement that the office of state medical examiners be responsible for a multidisciplinary team review of drug related overdose deaths.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Removes the sunset provision on the requirement that the office of state medical examiners be responsible for a multidisciplinary team review of drug related overdose deaths.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 713"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 713 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death", "Dept. of Health", "Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Medical", "Opioids"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-26"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d51f5bc5-518a-4221-9789-ec311f346dc3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d08320d7b940ef4ea64563f0a3e86a8c96de2ad507dc2d1503c27e9b7c1a6f9b"
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 713 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Removes the sunset provision on the requirement that the office of state medical examiners be responsible for a multidisciplinary team review of drug related overdose deaths.)

## Version chain

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

1. **713** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0713.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/01/2021)
- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2021)
- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 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 in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2021)
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** 05/26/2021 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/d51f5bc5-518a-4221-9789-ec311f346dc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).