---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES (Reduces the alcoholic beverage manufacturing and wholesale licensing fee from three thousand dollars ($3,000) to five hundred dollars ($500).)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES (Reduces the alcoholic beverage manufacturing and wholesale licensing fee from three thousand dollars ($3,000) to five hundred dollars ($500).)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2251"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2251 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Fees", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89d05988-ce84-479a-b856-767e084968ff"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a186290a191be135b8ea0d9e84a98b888de0a2e8d6e5e759410480036ca3702e"
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 2251 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES (Reduces the alcoholic beverage manufacturing and wholesale licensing fee from three thousand dollars ($3,000) to five hundred dollars ($500).)

## Version chain

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

1. **2251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2251.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Meeting postponed (03/07/2018)
- **2018-03-07** 03/07/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2018)
- **2018-03-14** 03/14/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-20** 04/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/89d05988-ce84-479a-b856-767e084968ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).