---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016"
description: "Requires all lifeguards, and park and forest rangers, who work on a full time basis at any public beach or facility to be trained in administering opioid antagonists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5273"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5273 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Corvese", "Donovan", "Fellela", "Hopkins", "Lima", "McEntee", "McNamara", "O'Brien", "Read"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88d2f2c0-5315-4225-be29-3ce3a66d83eb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "72da66286146ab5a156a8348a35eccacb317d16aa5a8665216ba1d68d10d16cc"
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 5273 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016

Requires all lifeguards, and park and forest rangers, who work on a full time basis at any public beach or facility to be trained in administering opioid antagonists.

## Version chain

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

1. **5273 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5273A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2025)
- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2025)
- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 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/88d2f2c0-5315-4225-be29-3ce3a66d83eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).