republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-6328.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES (Excludes the possession of buprenorphine from those controlled substances that can result in criminal penalties.)	AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES (Excludes the possession of buprenorphine from those controlled substances that can result in criminal penalties.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 6328	Rhode Island HB 6328 (2021)	bill	Criminal Offense Drugs Food and Drugs Health & Safety Substance Abuse	enacted	Amore Bennett Caldwell Cortvriend Craven Edwards Filippi Hull McEntee Slater	1	14	1	2021-05-12	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/8e66f513-9cf8-4d3e-9760-39c9ab66e17f	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	ae9c2eed570509eb2ca31a0f189bbe99e0b9dbd62018679e2fe70c4ec4046aa3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 6328 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES (Excludes the possession of buprenorphine from those controlled substances that can result in criminal penalties.)

Version chain

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

1. 6328 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 70–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amore — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Caldwell — primary (person)
• Cortvriend — primary (person)
• Craven — primary (person)
• Edwards — primary (person)
• Filippi — primary (person)
• Hull — primary (person)
• McEntee — primary (person)
• Slater — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-12 05/12/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-14 05/14/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/18/2021)
• 2021-05-18 05/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-05-28 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2021)
• 2021-06-02 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-04 06/04/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2021)
• 2021-06-10 06/10/2021 House read and passed passage
• 2021-06-11 06/11/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-06-11 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2021)
• 2021-06-14 06/14/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-17 06/17/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2021)
• 2021-06-22 06/22/2021 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e66f513-9cf8-4d3e-9760-39c9ab66e17f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).