---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Clarifies the number of ounces a manufacturer of malt beverages is allowed to sell on their premises as twenty-four (24) twelve ounce (12 oz.) bottles or cans, or twenty-four (24) sixteen ounce (16 oz.) bottles or cans.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Clarifies the number of ounces a manufacturer of malt beverages is allowed to sell on their premises as twenty-four (24) twelve ounce (12 oz.) bottles or cans, or twenty-four (24) sixteen ounce (16 oz.) bottles or cans.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 620"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 620 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Business & Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Felag", "Gallo", "Seveney", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0adf675-76c9-41e4-b571-15b5a7c0b0ab"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4f3563b6ffa97c362a8218733d2896d73337f2c76dc8e488d660b8cd65812512"
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 620 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Clarifies the number of ounces a manufacturer of malt beverages is allowed to sell on their premises as twenty-four (24) twelve ounce (12 oz.) bottles or cans, or twenty-four (24) sixteen ounce (16 oz.) bottles or cans.)

## Version chain

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

1. **620** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0620.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2019)
- **2019-03-27** 03/27/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2019)
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/30/2019)
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee transferred to House Small Business
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/d0adf675-76c9-41e4-b571-15b5a7c0b0ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).