---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Authorizes licensed veterinarians to control and prescribe chorionic gonadotropin strictly for veterinary use and when that use is approved by the Food and Drug Administration.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Authorizes licensed veterinarians to control and prescribe chorionic gonadotropin strictly for veterinary use and when that use is approved by the Food and Drug Administration.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2444"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2444 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Murray", "Rogers", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e9e76d-f4bd-4d26-b804-5bf94fb47d88"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "caef532030b39e2bab5457897585d122ef3bb12c76e3ca8b30435a41ce881b23"
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 2444 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Authorizes licensed veterinarians to control and prescribe chorionic gonadotropin strictly for veterinary use and when that use is approved by the Food and Drug Administration.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2444 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2444A.pdf)

## Votes

- ACT — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2022)
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2022)
- **2022-05-23** 05/23/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/b4e9e76d-f4bd-4d26-b804-5bf94fb47d88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).