---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS (Eliminates DOH food license fee for Class C liquor license holders provided they are in compliance with the provisions of § 3-7-8(b) relating to the types of pre-packaged foods prepared off the premises that may be served with alcoholic beverages.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS (Eliminates DOH food license fee for Class C liquor license holders provided they are in compliance with the provisions of § 3-7-8(b) relating to the types of pre-packaged foods prepared off the premises that may be served with alcoholic beverages.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2908"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2908 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-26"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8842d1c8-e9aa-41dc-8245-363384e82696"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "96c0f24129d7bce631350db978d7fb9907855e2e0713ac5f899388bc72c8dd3f"
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 2908 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS (Eliminates DOH food license fee for Class C liquor license holders provided they are in compliance with the provisions of § 3-7-8(b) relating to the types of pre-packaged foods prepared off the premises that may be served with alcoholic beverages.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2908** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2908.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- ESTABLISHMENTS — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2022)
- **2022-05-04** 05/04/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-06** 07/06/2022 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/8842d1c8-e9aa-41dc-8245-363384e82696`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).