---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT (The Rhode Island Cannabis Act legalizes adult use of cannabis. It provides for licensing of cultivation, manufacture and retail sale of cannabis.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT (The Rhode Island Cannabis Act legalizes adult use of cannabis. It provides for licensing of cultivation, manufacture and retail sale of cannabis.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2430"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2430 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Archambault", "Coyne", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Murray", "Pearson", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c90f2264-1f3b-4814-aa46-7571f1c54f8c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b71500bcfea1b174279bdba5602619357ecb80fb0416f6ea89c9dd7561f5971f"
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 2430 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT (The Rhode Island Cannabis Act legalizes adult use of cannabis. It provides for licensing of cultivation, manufacture and retail sale of cannabis.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2430 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2430Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **32–6** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Archambault — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2022)
- **2022-03-15** 03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 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/c90f2264-1f3b-4814-aa46-7571f1c54f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).