republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/sb-3004.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (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 -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (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	SB 3004	Rhode Island SB 3004 (2018)	bill	Food and Drugs	enacted	Cano Euer Goldin Miller Seveney	1	9	2	2018-06-22	2018-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/ab0a9742-7595-4cda-828c-90de8ab22bb7	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	2c520f7c01c2bbf50d12f810d8b3e8c240a3ee25ad0013774b47fc99a7429ca2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 3004 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (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. 3004 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 51–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cano — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• Goldin — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Seveney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or 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 Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 House 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; origin ocd-bill/ab0a9742-7595-4cda-828c-90de8ab22bb7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).