republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/hb-5044.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Extends the expiration date of the Harm Reduction Center Advisory Committee and Pilot Program by two years, from March 1, 2024, to March 1, 2026.)	AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Extends the expiration date of the Harm Reduction Center Advisory Committee and Pilot Program by two years, from March 1, 2024, to March 1, 2026.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	HB 5044	Rhode Island HB 5044 (2023)	bill	Drugs Health & Safety Human Services Smoking Substance Use	enacted	Abney Alzate Caldwell Casimiro Craven Edwards Felix Kazarian Kislak Potter	1	11	1	2023-01-11	2023-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/5ea2b4fc-8d70-429b-8064-8f77518ade6e	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	3b9e06524a68320ef5af8ad7cc48a41ea8cd6a1c207b0e5a61c5860e5de9a966	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5044 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Extends the expiration date of the Harm Reduction Center Advisory Committee and Pilot Program by two years, from March 1, 2024, to March 1, 2026.)

Version chain

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

1. 5044 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 52–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Abney — primary (person)
• Alzate — primary (person)
• Caldwell — primary (person)
• Casimiro — primary (person)
• Craven — primary (person)
• Edwards — primary (person)
• Felix — primary (person)
• Kazarian — primary (person)
• Kislak — primary (person)
• Potter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-11 01/11/2023 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-02-24 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2023)
• 2023-02-28 02/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-03-10 03/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (03/15/2023)
• 2023-03-15 03/15/2023 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-17 03/17/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/23/2023) reading-3
• 2023-03-23 03/23/2023 House read and passed passage
• 2023-03-31 03/31/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/04/2023) reading-3
• 2023-04-04 04/04/2023 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2023-04-04 04/04/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-07 04/07/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ea2b4fc-8d70-429b-8064-8f77518ade6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).