---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES -- SPECIAL EVENTS LICENSE (Permits cities and towns to issue special events liquor licenses to permit the equivalent of one-day licenses one day each month.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES -- SPECIAL EVENTS LICENSE (Permits cities and towns to issue special events liquor licenses to permit the equivalent of one-day licenses one day each month.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5182"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5182 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Hawkins", "Phillips", "Serodio", "Ucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/968fb7ea-eefd-47fb-a181-3933abe76c63"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "69ee56d1f7d2a69b103ff90c23d5b5ff44e59e2518d65950a2fff8395b930e86"
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 5182 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES -- SPECIAL EVENTS LICENSE (Permits cities and towns to issue special events liquor licenses to permit the equivalent of one-day licenses one day each month.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5182 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5182A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Serodio — primary (person)
- Ucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-24** 01/24/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2019)
- **2019-02-05** 02/05/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for consideration (02/26/2019)
- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/05/2019)
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2019)
- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 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/968fb7ea-eefd-47fb-a181-3933abe76c63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).