---
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2378"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2378 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Miller", "Murray", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55ffda70-3db1-47b6-9e1a-2cc0351d9243"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "87f581ce7b25c6626619eb27cf4b52ca4bdc07261d8b412c0814420e621a42c2"
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 2378 (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.

## Version chain

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

1. **2378 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2378A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **75–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2024)
- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-16** 05/16/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A 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/55ffda70-3db1-47b6-9e1a-2cc0351d9243`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).