---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES (Amends the definition of practice of pharmacy to include the administration of medications.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES (Amends the definition of practice of pharmacy to include the administration of medications.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 879"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 879 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Health & Safety", "Medical", "Physicians", "Prescription drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Miller", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-07"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0d18ae5-4ef1-42a0-9e74-58446245a10f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4f7ef3d7c33a5b3f56a690342aa818e1e543e42d37d52bc268fe91a65d13d125"
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 879 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES (Amends the definition of practice of pharmacy to include the administration of medications.)

## Version chain

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

1. **879 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0879A.pdf)

## Votes

- PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 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
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2021)
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 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/e0d18ae5-4ef1-42a0-9e74-58446245a10f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).