---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016"
description: "Requires all lifeguards, and park rangers, to be trained in administering opioid antagonists, and would require all public beaches to keep available a minimum of four doses of opioid antagonist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 343"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 343 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Dimitri", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Murray", "Tikoian", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ca17f24-5c6a-4e70-8223-5642a542a6dd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c5b527ecb2c51d58eac207460cabd47ff4cb0b29fc40f2b1d5ea8a6852b380e5"
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 343 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016

Requires all lifeguards, and park rangers, to be trained in administering opioid antagonists, and would require all public beaches to keep available a minimum of four doses of opioid antagonist.

## Version chain

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

1. **343 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0343A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
- **2025-05-05** 05/05/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/13/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-14** 05/14/2025 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 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/0ca17f24-5c6a-4e70-8223-5642a542a6dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).