1. What the law is
Rhode Island's psilocybin bills keep arriving and keep not landing. H 7756 (2026) would have exempted possession, sharing and home cultivation of less than one ounce until a July 1, 2028 sunset, leaving medical access to wait on the FDA; introduced February 12, 2026, it received a House Judiciary hearing and was withdrawn at the sponsor's request on April 9, 2026. A parallel bill, H 7925, was introduced February 27, 2026 and referred to the House Health and Human Services Committee. Earlier versions passed the House in prior sessions and the Senate never took them up. Psilocybin is a controlled substance here and nothing has been enacted.
Is psilocybin legal in Rhode Island? No. Psilocybin and psilocyn are Schedule I controlled substances under Rhode Island's Uniform Controlled Substances Act (R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 21-28, with Schedule I contents enumerated at § 21-28-2.08), and no statute authorizing personal, recreational, or supervised use has been enacted. Possession, cultivation, and distribution remain criminal offenses subject to the penalties set out in Chapter 21-28. The most recent legislative effort, House Bill 7756 of the 2026 session, was withdrawn at the sponsor's request and did not become law.
Psilocybin is currently illegal in Rhode Island and no measure creating legal access has taken effect. In prior sessions, the House passed bills to exempt psilocybin from the controlled-substances schedules and permit limited possession and home cultivation (recorded floor votes of 54-11 and 56-11), but those measures were not taken up by the Senate. In the 2026 session, House Bill 7756, which would have temporarily exempted possession of less than one ounce of psilocybin and home cultivation for personal use, and directed the Department of Health to establish access rules contingent on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rescheduling psilocybin, was introduced on February 12, 2026 and heard by the House Judiciary Committee, then withdrawn at the sponsor's request on April 9, 2026. Because H 7756 was withdrawn and no companion measure was enacted, it creates no current legal access; psilocybin remains a Schedule I substance under Rhode Island law.
2. Trials in Rhode Island
Interventional psilocybin trials with at least one site in Rhode Island, as their sponsors filed them with ClinicalTrials.gov, EU CTIS and ISRCTN. Each row links to the registry record, which sets out who may take part.
Recruiting or opening counts trials recruiting now, not yet recruiting, or enrolling by invitation. Closed counts trials terminated, suspended, withdrawn or left unverified by their sponsors.
| Registry ID | Trial | Phase | Sponsor | Status | Start date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT07818564 | Pilot Study on the Effects of Psilocybin on Belief Updating and Insight Formation (opens in new tab)Site at Brown University School of Public Health, Providence | Phase Phase 1 | Sponsor Brown University | Status Not yet recruiting | Start date |
ClinicalTrials.gov data courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
3. History
The legal events behind this entry, dated and oldest first. Our own reviews and corrections are listed under Changes to this record.
House Judiciary Committee hears a bill to exempt psilocybin from Rhode Island's controlled-substances schedules and permit limited possession and home cultivation.
House passes a psilocybin exemption bill (recorded votes of 54-11 and 56-11 across sessions); the measure stalls in the Senate and is not enacted.
House Bill 7756 introduced and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary; it would temporarily exempt under-one-ounce possession and home cultivation, with FDA-contingent therapeutic access rules and a July 1, 2028 sunset.
House Bill 7756 withdrawn at the sponsor's request; the bill does not advance and is not enacted.
4. Proposed laws
Proposals that are not yet law and would change this entry if adopted.
H 7925 (2026): exempts under one ounce of psilocybin from the controlled substances act for personal possession, sharing and home cultivation, with therapeutic access contingent on federal action and a July 1, 2028 sunset. Introduced Feb 27, 2026 and referred to House Health and Human Services; it was never scheduled for a committee hearing in the 2026 session. Companion vehicle H 7756 was withdrawn at the sponsor's request Apr 9, 2026.
5. Common questions
Is psilocybin legal in Rhode Island?
No. Psilocybin and psilocyn are Schedule I controlled substances under Rhode Island's Uniform Controlled Substances Act (R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 21-28). Possession, cultivation, and distribution remain criminal offenses, and no statute authorizing personal or supervised use has been enacted.
Did Rhode Island decriminalize psilocybin?
No. Rhode Island has not enacted any law decriminalizing or reducing penalties for psilocybin. Bills proposing to exempt psilocybin from the controlled-substances schedules have passed the House in prior sessions but were never enacted, and the 2026 measure (H 7756) was withdrawn.
What happened to Rhode Island House Bill 7756?
H 7756 was introduced on February 12, 2026 and heard by the House Judiciary Committee. It would have temporarily exempted possession of under one ounce of psilocybin and home cultivation for personal use, contingent on FDA rescheduling, with a July 1, 2028 sunset. The bill was withdrawn at the sponsor's request on April 9, 2026 and did not become law.
Can psilocybin be used therapeutically in Rhode Island?
No. No Rhode Island statute authorizes therapeutic or supervised psilocybin use. H 7756 would have directed the Department of Health to establish access rules only if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rescheduled psilocybin, but that bill was withdrawn, so no such program exists.
What is the penalty for psilocybin possession in Rhode Island?
Because psilocybin is a Schedule I controlled substance under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 21-28, possession, cultivation, and distribution are criminal offenses subject to the penalties set out in that chapter. The specific charge and penalty depend on the conduct and quantity involved; consult the statute or a licensed Rhode Island attorney for case-specific guidance.
Are magic mushrooms ("shrooms") legal in Rhode Island?
"Magic mushrooms" and "shrooms" are common names for fungi that contain psilocybin, and this entry states the law on psilocybin itself, which some laws treat separately from the fungus. Psilocybin is illegal in Rhode Island.
Read the law
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-28-2.01(a)(1), as amended by P.L. 2024, ch. 390 and 391 (in force February 1, 2025): the Director of Health controls every substance listed in the current Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and that list places psilocybin and psilocyn in Schedule I (21 CFR 1308.11(d)). Those acts also repealed § 21-28-2.08, the state's own schedule list. Bills exempting under one ounce for personal possession, sharing and home cultivation have not been enacted: H 5923A passed the House in 2023, and H 5186 (2025), H 7756 and H 7925 (2026) followed.1
Sources
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Changes to this record
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Every change we have made to this record, dated, corrections included. Nothing changes silently.
Rhode Island's entry now cites the law in force. The state repealed its own drug schedule in February 2025 and since then has controlled every substance on the federal list, where psilocybin remains in Schedule I. Its legal status is unchanged.
Rhode Island's record now lists H 7925 as pending. The committee's own 2026 agendas show it was never scheduled for a hearing.
Rhode Island's pending bill list is cleared. H 7756 was withdrawn in April 2026, and a parallel bill introduced in February 2026 is recorded in the summary.
The entry had linked to a bill-tracking site. It now links to the Rhode Island General Assembly's own text of H 7756. Trackers are useful for finding a bill; the legislature is what we cite.
Rhode Island had been marked mixed. H 7756 was withdrawn at its sponsor's request on April 9, 2026 and nothing has been enacted, so the status is corrected to illegal.
Psilocybin Media Group. "Rhode Island: psilocybin legal status." The Psilocybin Record, accession US-RI-001, version of 28 Sep 2026. https://psilocybinlegalization.com/record/rhode-island