---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT"
description: "Permits hybrid cannabis cultivators to advertise regarding cannabis products during the transitional period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2885"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2885 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "LaMountain", "Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58929666-aec8-4f37-894f-01259036138b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9af85ee6ca73a27e31fc47114f74f1907adc4b92400118550ea8fdb3d160aa5a"
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 SB 2885 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT

Permits hybrid cannabis cultivators to advertise regarding cannabis products during the transitional period.

## Version chain

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

1. **2885** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2885.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2024)
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/58929666-aec8-4f37-894f-01259036138b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).