---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS (Requires online posting of hotel rules. Allows ejection of person for verbally abusing or physically threatening a hotel employee or guest. Permits refusal of service to anyone under the age of 18, unless accompanied by an adult.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS (Requires online posting of hotel rules. Allows ejection of person for verbally abusing or physically threatening a hotel employee or guest. Permits refusal of service to anyone under the age of 18, unless accompanied by an adult.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2511"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2511 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca01d3f4-0158-402d-a938-87380effd90f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "229d1a3df279d6e9c4a87512416b657a016d3d87bd4c900bb7f80d9a40925eb3"
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 2511 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS (Requires online posting of hotel rules. Allows ejection of person for verbally abusing or physically threatening a hotel employee or guest. Permits refusal of service to anyone under the age of 18, unless accompanied by an adult.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2511 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2511Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2022)
- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/ca01d3f4-0158-402d-a938-87380effd90f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).