---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION PROVIDE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON LEGISLATION TO REGULATE AND LICENSE CANNABINOIDS AND HEMP-DERIVED BEVERAGES"
description: "Requests that the Cannabis Control Commission conduct a study on statutory reform and rules and regulations to regulate the sale of hemp THC-infused beverages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HR 6270"
citation: "Rhode Island HR 6270 (2025)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Diaz", "Edwards", "McGaw", "Potter", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-25"
last_action: "2025-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14402893-8e92-4c39-baa7-127573434144"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "19afd33670276a7b11b3046135ba2ca1be6304fc017e437a46b561248d7020e0"
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 HR 6270 (2025) — JOINT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION PROVIDE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON LEGISLATION TO REGULATE AND LICENSE CANNABINOIDS AND HEMP-DERIVED BEVERAGES

Requests that the Cannabis Control Commission conduct a study on statutory reform and rules and regulations to regulate the sale of hemp THC-infused beverages.

## Version chain

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

1. **6270 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6270A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **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`
- **2025-07-05** 07/05/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14402893-8e92-4c39-baa7-127573434144`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).