---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES (Authorizes manufacturer-breweries to sell up to three (3) drinks on premises per visitor per day, where a drink is defined as up to sixteen ounces (16 oz.) of beer or one and one-half ounces (1.5 oz.) of spirits.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES (Authorizes manufacturer-breweries to sell up to three (3) drinks on premises per visitor per day, where a drink is defined as up to sixteen ounces (16 oz.) of beer or one and one-half ounces (1.5 oz.) of spirits.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7727"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7727 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Cortvriend", "McEntee", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2973c31b-7e0e-4c2b-aa0b-7e031690ca50"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "42e891a6fea25507632b6dce8ffaec15033e4513a023993d3fa8387ccc967104"
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 7727 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES (Authorizes manufacturer-breweries to sell up to three (3) drinks on premises per visitor per day, where a drink is defined as up to sixteen ounces (16 oz.) of beer or one and one-half ounces (1.5 oz.) of spirits.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7727 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7727A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Small Business `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2022)
- **2022-03-23** 03/23/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Meeting postponed (05/26/2022)
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Meeting postponed (05/26/2022)
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/2973c31b-7e0e-4c2b-aa0b-7e031690ca50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).