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legislation/us/states/ri/2024/sb-2698.md

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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: "SB 2698"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2698 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Lawson", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-01"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30f4542e-9150-484c-8dfb-b21702d3da9e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "515f516d9066fd8e0cc98fa2153e63f2f4bac1ed09f0d79f1a5bea91c9ab8a34"
+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 SB 2698 (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. **2698** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2698.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2024)
+- **2024-03-13** 03/13/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House 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/30f4542e-9150-484c-8dfb-b21702d3da9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+