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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: "Authorizes the sale of THC-infused beverages to be regulated by the DBR division of commercial licensing. It also establishes licensing and an endorsement process for wholesale and retail THC-infused beverages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SR 984"
citation: "Rhode Island SR 984 (2025)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "Dimitri", "Felag", "McKenney", "Murray", "Patalano", "Thompson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-16"
last_action: "2025-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66606250-ce0b-48f1-b266-4dc2871f60c7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5d7cec440d238f7479919b669a9fa986fe59c7abbbd16cef7efe6c87f6d6f342"
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 SR 984 (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
Authorizes the sale of THC-infused beverages to be regulated by the DBR division of commercial licensing. It also establishes licensing and an endorsement process for wholesale and retail THC-infused beverages.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **984 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0984A.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **730** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-16** 04/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House 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/66606250-ce0b-48f1-b266-4dc2871f60c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).