---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Provides that Class F and F-1 liquor licenses may be issued to corporations, LLCs, and political organizations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Provides that Class F and F-1 liquor licenses may be issued to corporations, LLCs, and political organizations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5455"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5455 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Dept. of Business Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Noret", "Serodio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19adbbf3-dc67-4d5e-8a18-4465820a3a4c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "9821c16fc29126cb268f4b8e746d29dc723d9b2d952a8f30eb821d960ac7e5c6"
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 5455 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Provides that Class F and F-1 liquor licenses may be issued to corporations, LLCs, and political organizations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5455 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5455A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Serodio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Small Business `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2019)
- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/19adbbf3-dc67-4d5e-8a18-4465820a3a4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).