---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RYAN'S LAW"
description: "Overprescribing, death resulting, would result in three (3) year license suspension."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2758"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2758 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Lombardi", "Pearson", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-08"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/402ee6d6-6717-4d97-8224-698eb4ec6ade"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a33ed3c31a785024a69db7c11a0643a2222b8803b1a8c6bd0308c4600938b217"
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 2758 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RYAN'S LAW

Overprescribing, death resulting, would result in three (3) year license suspension.

## Version chain

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

1. **2758** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2758.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **29–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2024)
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/402ee6d6-6717-4d97-8224-698eb4ec6ade`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).