republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-546.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (Amends the statute governing prescriptions of controlled substances by making reference to regulations issued by the department of health.)	AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (Amends the statute governing prescriptions of controlled substances by making reference to regulations issued by the department of health.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	SB 546	Rhode Island SB 546 (2017)	bill	Food and Drugs Dept. of Health Prescription drugs Health & Safety	enacted	Crowley Metts Miller Nesselbush	1	11	3	2017-03-09	2017-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/0fcb4c39-d0df-4d48-9bf3-52b67bb2daaa	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	dc244ff6d5339b6aead0ab594ddde843315fd13ff6f42ee2566f9d86ed357959	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 546 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (Amends the statute governing prescriptions of controlled substances by making reference to regulations issued by the department of health.)

Version chain

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

1. 546 as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Approval of Amendment — 35–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passage as Amended — 35–0 (pass) · legislature
• IN CONCURRENCE — 69–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Crowley — primary (person)
• Metts — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Nesselbush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-09 03/09/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-03-31 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2017)
• 2017-04-06 04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-26 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2017)
• 2017-05-30 05/30/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-20 06/20/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2017)
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 House passed as amended in concurrence passage
• 2017-07-18 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-19 07/19/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fcb4c39-d0df-4d48-9bf3-52b67bb2daaa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).