---
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: "SB 98"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 98 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1947d095-4add-49f6-abc2-b133c8fe30e4"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "387185a114402b6b7f9fa1cef0cdaf226aabdf5d0b049e0e6147a9e960a6a9b2"
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 98 (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. **98 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0098A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** 01/16/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Meeting postponed (03/13/2019)
- **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
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House 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/1947d095-4add-49f6-abc2-b133c8fe30e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).