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IntroducedFeb 28, 2025
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Passed HouseJun 12, 2025
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Passed SenateJun 18, 2025
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Signed into Law
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- RHODE ISLAND FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS ACT (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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executive • Jun 18, 2025: 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor
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Comments on HB 5855
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Votes
YES: 68
- Abney
- Ackerman
- Ajello
- Alzate
- Azzinaro
- Baginski
- Bennett
- Biah
- Boylan
- Brien
- Caldwell
- Carson
- Casey
- Casimiro
- Chippendale
- Cortvriend
- Corvese
- Costantino
- Cotter
- Craven
- Cruz
- Dawson
- DeSimone
- Diaz
- Donovan
- Edwards
- Felix
- Fellela
- Fogarty
- Furtado
- Giraldo
- Handy
- Hopkins
- Kazarian
- Kennedy
- Kislak
- Knight
- Lima
- Lombardi
- Marszalkowski
- McEntee
- McGaw
- McNamara
- Messier
- Morales
- K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Nardone
- Newberry
- O'Brien
- Paplauskas
- Perez
- Phillips
- Place
- Potter
- Read
- Roberts
- Sanchez
- Santucci
- Serpa
- ShallcrossSmith
- Shanley
- Slater
- Solomon
- Speakman
- Spears
- Stewart
- Tanzi
- Voas
NO: 1
NOT VOTING: 6
Actions
- Jun 18, 2025 | executive
- 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor
- Jun 18, 2025 | Senate
- 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
- Jun 13, 2025 | Senate
- 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025)
- Jun 12, 2025 | House
- 06/12/2025 House passed Sub A
- Jun 06, 2025 | House
- 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025)
- Jun 03, 2025 | House
- 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
- May 30, 2025 | House
- 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
- 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute
- Mar 18, 2025 | House
- 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Mar 14, 2025 | House
- 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
- Mar 08, 2025 | House
- 03/08/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/13/2025)
- Mar 07, 2025 | House
- 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- Feb 28, 2025 | House
- 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
Bill Texts
Documents
- 03/08/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/13/2025)
- 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
- 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
- 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025)
- 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025)
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5855--Jeffrey Del Ricci-RI Pharmacists AssociationPDF
- House Health and Human Services: 03-18-2025--H5855--Jerome Larkin-DOHPDF
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