---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RYAN'S LAW"
description: "Overprescribing, death resulting, would result in three (3) year license suspension."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7013"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7013 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Cardillo", "Fellela", "Messier", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c41227c7-56b9-4f14-ac9e-e9b6bdcf2a38"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "148c4ee746d066de7485639d9daf7c51cb4f1f98a35fb9d4b2631dfd93655d2b"
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 7013 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RYAN'S LAW

Overprescribing, death resulting, would result in three (3) year license suspension.

## Version chain

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

1. **7013 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7013A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/30/2024)
- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for consideration (02/06/2024)
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** 02/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** 02/06/2024 Placed on House Calendar (02/08/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/c41227c7-56b9-4f14-ac9e-e9b6bdcf2a38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).