Rhode Island Industrial Hemp Program

230-RICR-80-10-1 INACTIVE RULE

This rule will be effective on 04/02/2026.
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Title 230 Department of Business Regulation (includes the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner)
Chapter 80 Marijuana
Subchapter 10 Industrial Hemp
Part 1 Rhode Island Industrial Hemp Program
Type of Filing Repeal
Regulation Status Inactive
Effective 04/02/2026
Additional Information https://dbr.ri.gov/insurance/proposed-rules-regulations

Regulation Authority:

R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 2-26-1
et seq.

Purpose and Reason:

Effective June 29, 2025, pursuant to 2025 Public Law, Chapter 278, Art. 3, § 1, all powers, duties and responsibilities of the Department of Business Regulation (“Department”) with respect to the regulation, administration and enforcement of the Hemp Growth Act, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 2-26, were transferred to the Cannabis Control Commission (“CCC”). 

The CCC’s rules and regulations for the Rhode Island Industrial Hemp Program, 560-RICR-10-20-1, were first enacted as an emergency rule on July 21, 2025, and were adopted in full, effective December 8, 2025. Accordingly, the Department is proposing to repeal this regulation because the Hemp Growth Act is no longer under the Department’s jurisdiction. 

Rulemaking Documents are organized by document type and are part of this rule’s rulemaking record (R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-2.3). If multiple documents of the same type are listed below, each is a unique document. If there are multiple Public Notice of Proposed Rulemaking documents, view each document to identify the most recently amended version, as it may be amended at any point during the Public Comment Period.