---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Provides penalties for the possession, manufacture, sale or delivery of more than one ounce mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Provides penalties for the possession, manufacture, sale or delivery of more than one ounce mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5517"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5517 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Criminal Offense", "Food and Drugs", "Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Coughlin", "Jacquard", "O'Brien", "Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b1a0d03-8e88-4fb0-89bc-dbe14c4000f7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "56ef50df12f4c231def26c54a3fca9af17229120ceb90c08177dc168106bb698"
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 5517 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Provides penalties for the possession, manufacture, sale or delivery of more than one ounce mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5517 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5517A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Coughlin — primary (person)
- Jacquard — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** 02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-24** 02/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2017)
- **2017-02-28** 02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for consideration (03/07/2017)
- **2017-03-07** 03/07/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** 03/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (03/30/2017)
- **2017-03-30** 03/30/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 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/8b1a0d03-8e88-4fb0-89bc-dbe14c4000f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).