---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Requires the director of the department of health to develop best practices for co-prescribing opioid antagonists to patients who are prescribed opioid analgesics and allows police and medical personnel to provide an opioid antagonist.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Requires the director of the department of health to develop best practices for co-prescribing opioid antagonists to patients who are prescribed opioid analgesics and allows police and medical personnel to provide an opioid antagonist.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8333"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8333 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Canario", "Lombardi", "Vella-Wilkinson", "Walsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-20"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/285544bb-cb0c-4edf-853b-495267ca63f2"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c878be11b1f6ae621dc09e41be4f3d42cf2321e6c55a49b9b2d8d3c3f04b2310"
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 8333 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Requires the director of the department of health to develop best practices for co-prescribing opioid antagonists to patients who are prescribed opioid analgesics and allows police and medical personnel to provide an opioid antagonist.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8333 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8333A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Canario — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Walsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/285544bb-cb0c-4edf-853b-495267ca63f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).