---
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).