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RI S2962
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/4/2026
Primary Sponsor
Jacob Bissaillon
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AI Summary
- Eliminates five mandatory subcommittees of the Cannabis Advisory Board: public health, public safety and community mitigation, cannabis industry, market participation, and social equity
- Changes the chair's authority from being required to appoint specific subcommittees to having discretionary power to create subcommittees as needed
- Removes eight non-voting members from the Cannabis Advisory Board, including designees from Commerce, Labor and Training, Health, Education, Public Safety, Business Regulation, EOHHS, and URI College of Pharmacy
- Narrows the advisory board's role to focus on regulation and policy development of the cannabis program, removing broader advisory duties on adult-use and medical cannabis commerce and effects
- Requires the advisory board to convene only at the commission's request to address specific questions or issues identified by the commission
Legislative Description
Updates the Rhode Island Cannabis Act to eliminate the statutorily required subcommittees under the cannabis advisory board.
Food And Drugs
Last Action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
3/12/2026
Committee Referrals
Judiciary3/4/2026
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