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legislation/us/states/ri/2026/hb-7043.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
+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."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7043"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7043 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Corvese", "Kennedy", "Phillips"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-09"
+last_action: "2026-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c309d724-98a7-4d27-aeea-78c1aeff0cbd"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d23a943a3cb07a30bb6ee8265daaaf1c44182e065c82d9c26ade1f16567aaa0f"
+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 7043 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
+
+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.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7043 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7043A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **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`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c309d724-98a7-4d27-aeea-78c1aeff0cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+