---
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: "HB 7505"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7505 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSimone", "Hull", "Shanley", "Slater", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84a1d062-4298-4c22-86fa-a8cfb003f28a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c2e7b0c02dd6dc730fee625e0c07a0c430a4b2776cd1023afba496be5497a078"
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 7505 (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. **7505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7505.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** 02/07/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2024)
- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2024)
- **2024-05-16** 05/16/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate 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/84a1d062-4298-4c22-86fa-a8cfb003f28a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).