---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Holders of Class B licenses shall offer the public food during times alcoholic beverages are sold to the public.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Holders of Class B licenses shall offer the public food during times alcoholic beverages are sold to the public.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7417"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7417 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Biah", "Caldwell", "Cardillo", "Hawkins", "Kazarian", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/119eb892-3c06-44a5-916d-70c7dd79e022"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "cfb7f792f8005a4e6dd59387c4c5b37aa52e2034ffcc85912c8ae6965da1c76a"
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 7417 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Holders of Class B licenses shall offer the public food during times alcoholic beverages are sold to the public.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7417 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7417A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** 02/09/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** 02/24/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/02/2022)
- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2022)
- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for reconsideration (04/12/2022)
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/26/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 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/119eb892-3c06-44a5-916d-70c7dd79e022`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).