---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016"
description: "Extends the immunity from alcohol- or drug-related offenses in cases of emergency overdose care to violations of bail conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6406"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6406 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Casey", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-06-11"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/173d2920-fb17-4357-ba74-a0eca80f11f7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ac23dd79750cc16ee442ad4be043f675549457db99a4e659160c58c78098df65"
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 6406 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016

Extends the immunity from alcohol- or drug-related offenses in cases of emergency overdose care to violations of bail conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **6406** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6406.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batista — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/173d2920-fb17-4357-ba74-a0eca80f11f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).