---
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: "SB 1009"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1009 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Drugs", "Marijuana"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Lombardo", "Mack", "Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-15"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72ff13bf-e69b-4c5c-8d9b-c1388b2e079c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e3c20fb2fa52852c82cd006a1a0a41725288be6f8ff68c46f85e93a6240ed6b8"
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 1009 (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. **1009** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1009.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 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/72ff13bf-e69b-4c5c-8d9b-c1388b2e079c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).