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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Restricts the initial prescription to an adult and all prescriptions to a minor patient for an opiate to a seven (7) day supply with exceptions for certain conditions and medicines designed for substance abuse or opioid dependence treatment.) AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Restricts the initial prescription to an adult and all prescriptions to a minor patient for an opiate to a seven (7) day supply with exceptions for certain conditions and medicines designed for substance abuse or opioid dependence treatment.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2019 HB 5537 Rhode Island HB 5537 (2019)
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Rhode Island HB 5537 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Restricts the initial prescription to an adult and all prescriptions to a minor patient for an opiate to a seven (7) day supply with exceptions for certain conditions and medicines designed for substance abuse or opioid dependence treatment.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5537 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 723 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Alzate — primary (person)
  • Bennett — primary (person)
  • Caldwell — primary (person)
  • Mattiello — primary (person)
  • Serpa — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-27 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-04-26 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2019)
  • 2019-05-01 05/01/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2019-05-24 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration
  • 2019-05-24 05/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
  • 2019-05-29 05/29/2019 Meeting postponed (05/29/2019)
  • 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
  • 2019-06-11 06/11/2019 Proposed Substitute
  • 2019-06-12 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-14 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2019)
  • 2019-06-19 06/19/2019 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
  • 2019-06-27 06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2019-07-03 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-07-08 07/08/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b73f2e38-45d8-4837-948b-c1869ea95e3d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).