---
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: "SB 721"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 721 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Health", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ebbcac7-9b80-459e-90c7-23e10cd3f0ea"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ff4d8eab0435887975897095799f9b803b5dc4cb23dfa45cbf2493c218f92509"
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 721 (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. **721 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0721A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-22** 05/22/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House 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/6ebbcac7-9b80-459e-90c7-23e10cd3f0ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).