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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- RHODE ISLAND FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS ACT"
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description: "Amends the types of products which pharmacists may prescribe as substitute drugs or products to include \"devices and supplies\" and \"therapeutically equivalent drugs and pharmaceuticals.\""
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 5855"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5855 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Caldwell", "Cotter", "Edwards", "Furtado", "Giraldo", "Handy", "McGaw", "Stewart", "Voas"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-02-28"
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last_action: "2025-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c3a98f9-8ac7-4480-8974-c70d43c8676f"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "b993338a5d7c70ffac2db8a75d6a96e72b19288b47207419267f7241838985b9"
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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 HB 5855 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- RHODE ISLAND FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS ACT
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Amends the types of products which pharmacists may prescribe as substitute drugs or products to include "devices and supplies" and "therapeutically equivalent drugs and pharmaceuticals."
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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. **5855 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5855A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **68–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Boylan — primary (person)
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Cotter — primary (person)
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- Edwards — primary (person)
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- Furtado — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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- Voas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2025-03-08** 03/08/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/13/2025)
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- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
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- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/6c3a98f9-8ac7-4480-8974-c70d43c8676f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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