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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 -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Provides that law enforcement personnel, emergency medical personnel, and agencies participating in the HOPE initiative be exempt from civil liability or criminal prosecution as a result of administering opioid antagonists.) AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Provides that law enforcement personnel, emergency medical personnel, and agencies participating in the HOPE initiative be exempt from civil liability or criminal prosecution as a result of administering opioid antagonists.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2019 SB 953 Rhode Island SB 953 (2019)
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Rhode Island SB 953 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Provides that law enforcement personnel, emergency medical personnel, and agencies participating in the HOPE initiative be exempt from civil liability or criminal prosecution as a result of administering opioid antagonists.)

Version chain

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

  1. 953 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • IN CONCURRENCE — 630 (pass) · upper
  • Passage — 380 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Algiere — primary (person)
  • Coyne — primary (person)
  • Goodwin — primary (person)
  • McCaffrey — primary (person)
  • Ruggerio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-06-05 06/05/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2019)
  • 2019-06-13 06/13/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2019-06-14 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
  • 2019-06-18 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-18 06/18/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2019)
  • 2019-06-20 06/20/2019 Senate read and passed passage
  • 2019-06-21 06/21/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. referral-committee
  • 2019-06-21 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
  • 2019-06-24 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-24 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
  • 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence passage
  • 2019-07-11 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-07-15 07/15/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d75f229-00de-463e-bd1e-87b32ac18876. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).