---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT (Permits the office of cannabis regulation to provide forms, procedures and requirements with respect to the advertising of cannabis products during the transitional period.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT (Permits the office of cannabis regulation to provide forms, procedures and requirements with respect to the advertising of cannabis products during the transitional period.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5829"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5829 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising", "Business & Professions", "Drugs", "Food and Drugs", "Marijuana"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9e1ea2f-d03e-4db1-b376-10fb416b0fab"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9b9a848b8e6f7d9bbde2c2457aaea2487fa4260620931f15b8c2e5ba60682ce1"
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 5829 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT (Permits the office of cannabis regulation to provide forms, procedures and requirements with respect to the advertising of cannabis products during the transitional period.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5829** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5829.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2023)
- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2023)
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/a9e1ea2f-d03e-4db1-b376-10fb416b0fab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).