---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES - BREWERIES AND DISTILLERIES (Modifies limitations on quantities of malt beverages and distilled spirits that can be sold at retail by certain licensed breweries and distilleries for off-premises consumption.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES - BREWERIES AND DISTILLERIES (Modifies limitations on quantities of malt beverages and distilled spirits that can be sold at retail by certain licensed breweries and distilleries for off-premises consumption.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 199 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Consumer Affairs", "Insurance", "Licenses", "Liquor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Burke", "Cano", "Goldin", "Lawson", "Mendes", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d09c10e-0c7b-44b1-9d17-6546287bfa39"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ca2d62e0fcf68ef08f12a64186d71cf99c371e083eb419b81034f5f2805115ee"
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 199 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES - BREWERIES AND DISTILLERIES (Modifies limitations on quantities of malt beverages and distilled spirits that can be sold at retail by certain licensed breweries and distilleries for off-premises consumption.)

## Version chain

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

1. **199 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0199A.pdf)

## Votes

- DISTILLERIES — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mendes — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 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
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Referred to House Committee on Small Business `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 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/7d09c10e-0c7b-44b1-9d17-6546287bfa39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).