---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- TAXATION OF BEVERAGES"
description: "Provides technical and other corrections to various general laws relating to taxation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 614"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 614 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Gu", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9589beff-92b7-4024-9ed1-9cb9f496b655"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e35c6f0e7b11743c8a0cf02d485c7bb7ea19b7b64d4311864c01fdaaa3ffc431"
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 614 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- TAXATION OF BEVERAGES

Provides technical and other corrections to various general laws relating to taxation.

## Version chain

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

1. **614** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0614.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2025)
- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/9589beff-92b7-4024-9ed1-9cb9f496b655`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).