---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND KRATOM ACT"
description: "Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as \"kratom.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5565"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5565 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Edwards", "Kennedy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/806650a8-7ecf-4449-ac70-91a94af93204"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "30dc8915b8ca6701917f69ee888b9f763951cbd78d254d335ba6a0a0d7ac6ffe"
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 5565 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND KRATOM ACT

Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as "kratom."

## Version chain

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

1. **5565 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5565A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **40–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2025)
- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/806650a8-7ecf-4449-ac70-91a94af93204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).