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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (Amends the statute governing prescriptions of controlled substances by making reference to regulations issued by the department of health.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (Amends the statute governing prescriptions of controlled substances by making reference to regulations issued by the department of health.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 546"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 546 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Food and Drugs", "Dept. of Health", "Prescription drugs", "Health & Safety"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Metts", "Miller", "Nesselbush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-03-09"
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last_action: "2017-07-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fcb4c39-d0df-4d48-9bf3-52b67bb2daaa"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "dc244ff6d5339b6aead0ab594ddde843315fd13ff6f42ee2566f9d86ed357959"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 546 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (Amends the statute governing prescriptions of controlled substances by making reference to regulations issued by the department of health.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **546 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0546aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passage as Amended — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Crowley — primary (person)
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- Metts — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Nesselbush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2017)
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- **2017-04-06** 04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2017)
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- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2017)
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fcb4c39-d0df-4d48-9bf3-52b67bb2daaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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