republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-8313.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 -- NALOXONE ACCESS (Requires the director of the department of health to develop best practices for co-prescribing opioid antagonists to patients who are prescribed opioid analgesics.)	AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- NALOXONE ACCESS (Requires the director of the department of health to develop best practices for co-prescribing opioid antagonists to patients who are prescribed opioid analgesics.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 8313	Rhode Island HB 8313 (2018)	bill	Food and Drugs	enacted	Bennett Craven Diaz Giarrusso Hull	1	11	1	2018-06-13	2018-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/84a0f252-e018-4569-9231-ac46cb3d7899	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	849e98db421caef4ae90aba8f396e0e91d53a0757ac8b7af317b3d10fa3c3d20	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 8313 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- NALOXONE ACCESS (Requires the director of the department of health to develop best practices for co-prescribing opioid antagonists to patients who are prescribed opioid analgesics.)

Version chain

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

1. 8313 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Craven — primary (person)
• Diaz — primary (person)
• Giarrusso — primary (person)
• Hull — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-13 06/13/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 06/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 House read and passed passage
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84a0f252-e018-4569-9231-ac46cb3d7899. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).