---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES"
description: "Allows a pharmacist to dispense a one-time refill for certain medications for continuation of therapy to patients under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5633"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5633 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Casey", "Casimiro", "DeSimone", "Donovan", "Edwards", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc5289bc-3f9f-4560-9df2-38ba1274b397"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "96df332ec6c0d06387abd50d3e8c2083bd07fda532af74422dae6473813752cf"
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 HB 5633 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES

Allows a pharmacist to dispense a one-time refill for certain medications for continuation of therapy to patients under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **5633** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5633.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-03-08** 03/08/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/01/2025)
- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 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/dc5289bc-3f9f-4560-9df2-38ba1274b397`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).