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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Holders of Class B licenses shall offer the public food during times alcoholic beverages are sold to the public.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Holders of Class B licenses shall offer the public food during times alcoholic beverages are sold to the public.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7417"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7417 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Biah", "Caldwell", "Cardillo", "Hawkins", "Kazarian", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Phillips"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-09"
+last_action: "2022-06-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/119eb892-3c06-44a5-916d-70c7dd79e022"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "cfb7f792f8005a4e6dd59387c4c5b37aa52e2034ffcc85912c8ae6965da1c76a"
+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 7417 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Holders of Class B licenses shall offer the public food during times alcoholic beverages are sold to the public.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7417 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7417A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Cardillo — primary (person)
+- Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-09** 02/09/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-24** 02/24/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/02/2022)
+- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2022)
+- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for reconsideration (04/12/2022)
+- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/26/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 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/119eb892-3c06-44a5-916d-70c7dd79e022`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+