SB 692 Rhode Island Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES

Summary

Authorizes a pharmacy technician or pharmacy intern to perform technology-assisted dispensing process validation for medications prepared for distribution by another pharmacy technician or intern within an institutional pharmacy.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

House Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Signed Jun 30, 2025

Floor votes · Senate Jun 20, 2025

How they voted

61–5

Passed · 9 other

Total votes 75

Jun 20, 2025

D Democratic64

57 Yea 7

89% Yea

I Independent1

0% Nay

R Republican10

4 Yea 5 Nay 1

50% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 30, 2025

Signed into law

06/30/2025 Signed by Governor

executive

Jun 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence

lower

Jun 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A

upper

Jun 18, 2025

Legislature · Passed

06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A

legislature

Apr 1, 2025

Committee

04/01/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

legislature

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors