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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Adds alcohol and alcohol-related overdoses and possession or transportation of alcohol by an underage person, to the Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Adds alcohol and alcohol-related overdoses and possession or transportation of alcohol by an underage person, to the Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2024"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2024 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "Food and Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Felag", "Lombardi", "Nesselbush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8937489b-ef29-48a3-8747-cce9e70cdd30"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b6a22edb4cb7d2321157b436a81013d15c6f41caeba41b13de28c11805ba260d"
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 2024 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Adds alcohol and alcohol-related overdoses and possession or transportation of alcohol by an underage person, to the Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2024 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2024A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **690** (pass) · upper
- PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 — **270** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-11** 01/11/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** 01/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-01-22** 01/22/2018 Meeting postponed (01/23/2018)
- **2018-01-26** 01/26/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/01/2018)
- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8937489b-ef29-48a3-8747-cce9e70cdd30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).