republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-656.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 (Allows information contained in the prescription drug monitoring database to be disclosed to a certified law enforcement drug diversion investigator of a qualified law enforcement agency.)	AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Allows information contained in the prescription drug monitoring database to be disclosed to a certified law enforcement drug diversion investigator of a qualified law enforcement agency.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	SB 656	Rhode Island SB 656 (2017)	bill	Attorney General Food and Drugs Prescription drugs	enacted	Conley Coyne Lombardi McCaffrey Raptakis	1	11	2	2017-03-29	2017-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/a55e9990-275c-4613-82e6-6e6424f209e6	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	f8f05a52196c788c3c954f50259e11dfe52db282c6b2eede2618bd0dea12ff66	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 656 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Allows information contained in the prescription drug monitoring database to be disclosed to a certified law enforcement drug diversion investigator of a qualified law enforcement agency.)

Version chain

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

1. 656 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Approval of Amendment — 27–8 (pass) · legislature
• Passage as Amended — 21–14 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Conley — primary (person)
• Coyne — primary (person)
• Lombardi — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Raptakis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-29 03/29/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-04-21 04/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2017)
• 2017-04-27 04/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-16 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
• 2017-06-20 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-20 06/20/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2017)
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A 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/a55e9990-275c-4613-82e6-6e6424f209e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).