---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Repeals 3/1/22 sunset provision allowing Class B/brew pub licensees to sell wine/beer/mixed drinks with food takeout orders only.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Repeals 3/1/22 sunset provision allowing Class B/brew pub licensees to sell wine/beer/mixed drinks with food takeout orders only.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7209"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7209 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Caldwell", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efb64573-c1ad-4049-89f9-b4e07c7f0dc4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "32061711c662e40c888e1c729a52b0872af685a9cd02af453f0b887f75a23d0d"
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 HB 7209 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Repeals 3/1/22 sunset provision allowing Class B/brew pub licensees to sell wine/beer/mixed drinks with food takeout orders only.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7209 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7209A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** 01/26/2022 Introduced, referred to House Small Business `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** 01/28/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2022)
- **2022-02-03** 02/03/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-02-04** 02/04/2022 Scheduled for consideration (02/08/2022)
- **2022-02-07** 02/07/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Placed on House Calendar (02/10/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** 02/10/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-02-10** 02/10/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-02-10** 02/10/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-16** 02/16/2022 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/efb64573-c1ad-4049-89f9-b4e07c7f0dc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).