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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
+description: "Adds the month of August to the dates a Class A retail alcoholic beverage establishment can offer unlimited free samples of wine, beer and distilled spirits products."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7203"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7203 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Corvese", "Craven", "Dawson", "Finkelman", "Knight", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Serpa", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-01-17"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a877bc04-60aa-4b2b-b53c-a85f036e1cbe"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e2fc17a001791c84d8149f3f37b909ad11a863c407e19ab4954b5d0efb89d074"
+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 7203 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
+
+Adds the month of August to the dates a Class A retail alcoholic beverage establishment can offer unlimited free samples of wine, beer and distilled spirits products.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7203.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-17** 01/17/2024 Introduced, referred to House Small Business `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2024)
+- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2024)
+- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/09/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a877bc04-60aa-4b2b-b53c-a85f036e1cbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+