RI HB 7043
enactedAN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Requires that applicants for a retail liquor license in the town of Westerly acquire commercial, general-liability, liquor liability and property damage insurance coverage in the amount of $300,000.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-09
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-05-06 — 05/06/2026 Effective without Governor's signature
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Corveseprimary
- Phillipsprimary
- Kennedyprimary
- Azzinaroprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-09
01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
introduction,referral-committee
2026-01-16
01/16/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/20/2026)
2026-01-20
01/20/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure
2026-01-23
01/23/2026 Scheduled for consideration
2026-01-27
01/27/2026 Meeting postponed (01/27/2026)
2026-02-06
02/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2026)
2026-02-06
02/06/2026 Proposed Substitute
substitution
2026-02-11
02/11/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-19
02/19/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/05/2026)
reading-3
2026-03-05
03/05/2026 House passed Sub A
passage
2026-03-13
03/13/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
referral-committee
2026-03-24
03/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/26/2026)
2026-03-26
03/26/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-24
04/24/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/28/2026)
reading-3
2026-04-28
04/28/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
passage
2026-04-28
04/28/2026 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt
2026-05-06
05/06/2026 Effective without Governor's signature
became-law
Versions
- 7043 SUB ACompare
Documents
Votes
PASSAGE
2026-03-05 · pass · 68-0
Member-level votes (75)
- Abney: yes
- Ackerman: yes
- Ajello: yes
- Alzate: yes
- Azzinaro: yes
- Baginski: yes
- Batista: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Biah: yes
- Blazejewski: yes
- Boylan: yes
- Brien: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Carson: yes
- Casey: yes
- Casimiro: yes
- Chippendale: yes
- Cortvriend: yes
- Corvese: yes
- Costantino: yes
- Cotter: yes
- Craven: other
- Cruz: yes
- Dawson: yes
- DeSimone: yes
- Diaz: yes
- Donovan: yes
- Edwards: yes
- Fascia: yes
- Felix: other
- Fellela: yes
- Finkelman: other
- Fogarty: yes
- Furtado: yes
- Giraldo: yes
- Handy: yes
- Hopkins: other
- Hull: yes
- Kazarian: yes
- Kennedy: yes
- Kislak: other
- Knight: yes
- Lima: yes
- Lombardi: yes
- Marszalkowski: yes
- McEntee: yes
- McGaw: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Messier: yes
- Morales: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Nardone: yes
- Newberry: yes
- Noret: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Paplauskas: yes
- Perez: other
- Phillips: yes
- Place: yes
- Potter: yes
- Quattrocchi: yes
- Read: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Santucci: yes
- Serpa: other
- ShallcrossSmith: yes
- Shanley: yes
- Slater: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Speakman: yes
- Spears: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Tanzi: yes
- Voas: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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