---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES (Allows the sale of alcoholic beverages on New Year's Day by retail Class A licensees.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES (Allows the sale of alcoholic beverages on New Year's Day by retail Class A licensees.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 142"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 142 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Holidays", "Licenses", "Sunday Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Gallo", "Pearson", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc403c09-41ff-4433-99c8-6cba4a45afce"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9598f62524094ae753f7accb77443002fb0b93a45ad0b589c20941ec6715a47f"
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 142 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES (Allows the sale of alcoholic beverages on New Year's Day by retail Class A licensees.)

## Version chain

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

1. **142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0142.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2021)
- **2021-03-10** 03/10/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** 03/31/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/06/2021)
- **2021-04-06** 04/06/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/04/2021)
- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/12/2021)
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 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/bc403c09-41ff-4433-99c8-6cba4a45afce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).