republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-7715.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Creates a new criminal offense for the delivery of a controlled substance resulting in death.)	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Creates a new criminal offense for the delivery of a controlled substance resulting in death.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 7715	Rhode Island HB 7715 (2018)	bill	Attorney General Criminal Offense Criminal Procedure Death Drugs	enacted	Corvese Jacquard Lima Mattiello Serpa	1	14	4	2018-02-28	2018-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/f51dae23-f873-4577-8b27-36cab4080757	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	7927bc6cdf51c9824e69fca4386a732d7bc0c49ddc2ddacaab5e69bb5c695095	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7715 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Creates a new criminal offense for the delivery of a controlled substance resulting in death.)

Version chain

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

1. 7715 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AS AMENDED — 55–14 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 14–56 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 20–49 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Corvese — primary (person)
• Jacquard — primary (person)
• Lima — primary (person)
• Mattiello — primary (person)
• Serpa — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-28 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-23 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
• 2018-03-27 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-06-01 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2018)
• 2018-06-06 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-08 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2018)
• 2018-06-14 06/14/2018 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2018-06-14 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 06/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2018)
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
• 2018-06-21 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
• 2018-06-26 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-06-29 06/29/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f51dae23-f873-4577-8b27-36cab4080757. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).