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Rhode Island marijuana regulators rejected a proposal Friday that would have expanded the state’s permitted home delivery hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., although the commission’s chair indicated the issue could return after additional study.
The Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission voted against a petition for rulemaking seeking to amend state regulations governing marijuana home delivery. The proposal would have added four hours to the current delivery window, allowing deliveries to begin one hour earlier and continue three hours later.
The proposal was listed as Item G on the commission’s September 18 meeting agenda, which described the requested change as moving permitted delivery hours from the current 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. timeframe to 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Despite rejecting the petition, the commission’s chair expressed support for continuing to examine the issue, saying she agreed with studying it further and working to “get it across the finish line as quickly as possible.”
The vote means Rhode Island’s existing 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. delivery window remains unchanged for now.
The commission did approve a separate petition for rulemaking involving payments for wholesale marijuana transactions. That proposal would require invoices between licensed businesses to be paid in full within 30 calendar days and would prohibit licensees from extending payment deadlines through private agreements.
Approval of that petition begins the rulemaking process rather than immediately putting the proposed requirement into effect.
Commissioners also approved recommendations for Marijuana Trust Fund policy initiatives for consideration by the Rhode Island General Assembly during the fiscal year 2028 budget process. The meeting agenda identified the recommendations as a separate voting item but did not list the individual funding proposals or amounts.
Friday’s meeting also included a presentation on oversight of licensed marijuana testing laboratories and implementation of the state’s Quality Assurance Program.
