---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Provides DOH multidisciplinary team review of drug overdose deaths may gather info of deaths from family willing to do so to help identify prevention/intervention strategies.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Provides DOH multidisciplinary team review of drug overdose deaths may gather info of deaths from family willing to do so to help identify prevention/intervention strategies.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5682"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5682 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death", "Dept. of Health", "Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Substance Use"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Giraldo", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7f435e6-0970-42ad-88be-a0f8f4c0e336"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "690d02e4191af00be16a05fa4faba07597fac0518dcdfab5336d69830bbdbff2"
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 5682 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Provides DOH multidisciplinary team review of drug overdose deaths may gather info of deaths from family willing to do so to help identify prevention/intervention strategies.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5682 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5682A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** 02/17/2023 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2023)
- **2023-02-28** 02/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (03/15/2023)
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-03-15** 03/15/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/23/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2023)
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 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/e7f435e6-0970-42ad-88be-a0f8f4c0e336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).