{"id":2858,"date":"2026-04-04T18:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=2858"},"modified":"2026-04-18T18:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:53:48","slug":"rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=2858","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:#eefc00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">After a long-standing ban, the state transitioned to a regulated market <\/mark>under the <strong>Rhode Island Kratom Act<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/RI\/bill\/H5565\/2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HB5565<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/RI\/bill\/S0792\/2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB0792<\/a>), which was signed into law by the Governor on <strong>July 2, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full legal framework for sales and possession officially went into effect on <strong>April 1, 2026<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/RI\/bill\/S2457\/2026\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/RI\/bill\/S2457\/2026\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#135881\" class=\"has-inline-color\">S2457<\/mark><\/strong><\/a> Rhode Island Kratom Act<br>tatus: Introduced on February 6 2026 &#8211; 25% progression<br>Action: 2026-02-26 &#8211; Committee recommended measure be held for further study<br>Pending:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/RI\/pending\/senate-health-human-services-committee\/id\/1138\">Senate Health and Human Services Committee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/RI\/bill\/H7518\/2026\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/RI\/bill\/H7518\/2026\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#135881\" class=\"has-inline-color\">H7518<\/mark><\/strong><\/a> Rhode Island Kratom Act<br>Status: Introduced on February 6 2026 &#8211; 25% progression<br>Action: 2026-03-12 &#8211; Committee recommended measure be held for further study<br>Pending:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/RI\/pending\/house-corporations-committee\/id\/1120\">House Corporations Committee<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long-standing ban, the state transitioned to a regulated market under the Rhode Island Kratom Act (HB5565 \/ SB0792), which was signed into law by the Governor on July 2, 2025. The full legal framework for sales and possession officially went into effect on April 1, 2026 S2457 Rhode Island Kratom Acttatus: Introduced on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2858","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2858"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3028,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2858\/revisions\/3028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}