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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Amends the hours of operation for Class A liquor license holders in Central Falls.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Amends the hours of operation for Class A liquor license holders in Central Falls.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7261"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7261 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Central Falls", "Licenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin", "Kazarian", "Maldonado", "McLaughlin", "Tobon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-24"
+last_action: "2018-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/196b4b29-3d1d-42da-b6bf-71327ffc47e6"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "2cff0dd199b387076f27d4644c11db4dc73af49bcb599c590af9f3db9ab9ba89"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 7261 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Amends the hours of operation for Class A liquor license holders in Central Falls.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7261 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7261A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coughlin — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Maldonado — primary (person)
+- McLaughlin — primary (person)
+- Tobon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-24** 01/24/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2018-02-13** 02/13/2018 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/13/2018)
+- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2018-02-26** 02/26/2018 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/27/2018)
+- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
+- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2018)
+- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/26/2018)
+- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2018)
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/196b4b29-3d1d-42da-b6bf-71327ffc47e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+