---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS (Establishes certain limitations on regulations promulgated by the department of health and the department of business regulation in regard to medical marijuana.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS (Establishes certain limitations on regulations promulgated by the department of health and the department of business regulation in regard to medical marijuana.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7013"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7013 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Drugs", "Marijuana"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Blazejewski", "Edwards", "Mattiello", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-02-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b06cb7c-644a-4c17-93d9-f1914af20d57"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1690fe066e7b65206cdbadc37e6ccccfdfe7afe5c6ff72fab6e7f6b676b66fea"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 7013 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS (Establishes certain limitations on regulations promulgated by the department of health and the department of business regulation in regard to medical marijuana.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7013 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7013A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Mattiello — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-08** 01/08/2020 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** 01/16/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/21/2020)
- **2020-01-21** 01/21/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2020-01-24** 01/24/2020 Scheduled for consideration (01/28/2020)
- **2020-01-27** 01/27/2020 Proposed Substitute
- **2020-01-28** 01/28/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-31** 01/31/2020 Placed on House Calendar (02/04/2020)
- **2020-02-04** 02/04/2020 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2020-02-04** 02/04/2020 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-02-04** 02/04/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-05** 02/05/2020 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b06cb7c-644a-4c17-93d9-f1914af20d57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).