---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT"
description: "Requires the department of health to amend its rules and regulations that allow for DEA-registered pharmacies to transfer electronic prescriptions at a patient's request (21 CFR Part 1306"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7566"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7566 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cotter", "Craven", "Donovan", "Edwards", "Fogarty", "McGaw", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72ebfb71-dbd1-4ac3-8ea1-9555c8cdf61f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3f938244ba96c567011f28f010502d44e33afc19482c901722c9b4b7343d48c7"
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 7566 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT

Requires the department of health to amend its rules and regulations that allow for DEA-registered pharmacies to transfer electronic prescriptions at a patient's request (21 CFR Part 1306

## Version chain

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

1. **7566 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7566Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/29/2024)
- **2024-02-29** 02/29/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/72ebfb71-dbd1-4ac3-8ea1-9555c8cdf61f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).