---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2539"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2539 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "Food and Drugs", "Prescription drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Goodwin", "Miller", "Paolino"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b76e7a17-d27e-4e16-ba89-ea29f3fcce6b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "f073b76930de631deda04997bd18926a1ffc83e0a1f3d15f964628ce337900e2"
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 2539 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2539 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2539aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- RECONSIDERATION — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee transferred to Senate Judiciary
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House voted to reconsider
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed as amended 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/b76e7a17-d27e-4e16-ba89-ea29f3fcce6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).