---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT"
description: "Increases the maximum fill for non-opioid, non-narcotic controlled substances found in schedule II, so that a sixty-day (60) supply may be dispensed at any one time."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5866"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5866 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Caldwell", "Casimiro", "Cotter", "Fogarty", "Furtado", "McGaw", "Solomon", "Stewart", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4a9f47f-0402-483c-a03f-6257c7fdff4e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "550072dcf41aac2e602b0ed389521b6c972d775633154e45562c62207f6b37ec"
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 5866 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT

Increases the maximum fill for non-opioid, non-narcotic controlled substances found in schedule II, so that a sixty-day (60) supply may be dispensed at any one time.

## Version chain

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

1. **5866 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5866B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-03-08** 03/08/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/01/2025)
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/22/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-07** 06/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/e4a9f47f-0402-483c-a03f-6257c7fdff4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).