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Cannabis laws and bills in Rhode Island

Every bill in the Rhode Island Legislature that falls inside the Cannabis Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

16

Bills in Scope

3

Past Committee

10 June 2026

Most Recent Action

Cannabis laws enacted in Rhode Island in 2026

1 Cannabis bill was enacted in Rhode Island this year, the latest with a last action on 10 June 2026. Each links to the Rhode Island Legislature's own page.

  • HB 8544AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT10 June 2026

Cannabis bills in Rhode Island

2Enacted

1Past committee

13Introduced or inactive

16 bills in scope

Enacted

2

HB 8544AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACTEnactedHR 6270JOINT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION PROVIDE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON LEGISLATION TO REGULATE AND LICENSE CANNABINOIDS AND HEMP-DERIVED BEVERAGESEnacted

Past committee

1

HB 7717AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACTPassed chamber

Introduced or inactive

13

HB 8414AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- HEMP GROWTH ACT -- RHODE ISLAND HEMP THC BEVERAGE ACTDeadHB 8426AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACTDeadSB 2872AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- COMPASSIONATE ACCESS TO MEDICAL CANNABIS ACTDeadSB 3128AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACTDeadHB 7535AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- COMPASSIONATE ACCESS TO MEDICAL CANNABIS ACTDeadHB 7856AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACTDeadHB 6270AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACTDeadHB 6398AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACTIn committeeHB 5630AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- COMPASSIONATE ACCESS TO MEDICAL CANNABIS ACTDeadHB 5829AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACTDeadHB 6056AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEMP THC-INFUSED BEVERAGES ACTDeadHR 5592JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL NECESSITY FOR CHANGES IN THE GENERAL LAWS PERTAINING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND RECREATIONAL CANNABISDeadHB 5249AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACTDead

Bill titles link to the Rhode Island Legislature's own page.

Coverage depth varies by jurisdiction. How this is measured, and where it is thinner.

What's In Scope

How Cannabis Legislation bills are selected

In scope is any bill regulating the cultivation, manufacture, testing, distribution, sale, possession or taxation of cannabis and cannabis products: adult-use and medical programmes, licence classes and the agency that issues them, excise rates and revenue allocation, social equity licensing and automatic expungement, intoxicating hemp and cannabinoid products, potency limits, packaging and labelling, impaired driving, workplace and tenancy protections for lawful use, and banking and insurance access for licensees.

Scope is defined by a written topic profile that every bill is measured against. The profiles are drafted by a model and validated by retrieval measurement against a judged set of bills, not reviewed by an attorney. LawSignals is a research tool and does not provide legal advice.

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Cannabis legislation in other jurisdictions

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Rhode Island is one of Cannabis Legislation's jurisdictions

The tracker follows this subject everywhere it is legislated, and publishes a monthly issue on what moved across all of them.

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