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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016"
description: "Extends the immunity from alcohol- or drug-related offenses in cases of emergency overdose care to violations of bail conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 926"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 926 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LaMountain"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-28"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a98db66d-a289-4944-8a3e-8a523eafc423"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dd2865c4f4cba5e573d8cc462fa02e1c2a8432af0e6a6741e9badf2502a7c618"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 926 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016
Extends the immunity from alcohol- or drug-related offenses in cases of emergency overdose care to violations of bail conditions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **926** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0926.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **310** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **600** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- LaMountain — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2025)
- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a98db66d-a289-4944-8a3e-8a523eafc423`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).