---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Provides that Class F and F-1 liquor licenses may be issued to corporations, LLCs, and political organizations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Provides that Class F and F-1 liquor licenses may be issued to corporations, LLCs, and political organizations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 527"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 527 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Corporations", "Dept. of Business Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfb9f745-6cfc-4c23-8889-b5c04a985d20"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "235206b83d36c9b8e9ba0e04bc86128dae48bfd98507f18f997a0987f146d2e9"
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 527 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Provides that Class F and F-1 liquor licenses may be issued to corporations, LLCs, and political organizations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **527 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0527Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** 03/07/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Meeting postponed (03/13/2019)
- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2019)
- **2019-03-27** 03/27/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2019)
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/30/2019)
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Committee transferred to House Small Business
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/bfb9f745-6cfc-4c23-8889-b5c04a985d20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).