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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Provides DOH multidisciplinary team review of drug overdose deaths may gather info of deaths from family willing to do so to help identify prevention/intervention strategies.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Provides DOH multidisciplinary team review of drug overdose deaths may gather info of deaths from family willing to do so to help identify prevention/intervention strategies.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 721"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 721 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Dept. of Health", "Health & Safety"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-22"
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last_action: "2023-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ebbcac7-9b80-459e-90c7-23e10cd3f0ea"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "ff4d8eab0435887975897095799f9b803b5dc4cb23dfa45cbf2493c218f92509"
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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 721 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Provides DOH multidisciplinary team review of drug overdose deaths may gather info of deaths from family willing to do so to help identify prevention/intervention strategies.)
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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. **721 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0721A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Miller — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/20/2023)
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- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2023)
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- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
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- **2023-05-22** 05/22/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 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/6ebbcac7-9b80-459e-90c7-23e10cd3f0ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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