---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
description: "Allows for the issuance of a Class T liquor license by the town of Jamestown."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 989"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 989 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Euer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-16"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaec3b37-d59e-4e55-a81c-a18477b7d228"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ca2201210c37b61c46b56e7d4d2830fd442e8cf2126567147a9fd55b71ca0a34"
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 989 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES

Allows for the issuance of a Class T liquor license by the town of Jamestown.

## Version chain

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

1. **989** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0989.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Euer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-16** 04/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2025)
- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2025)
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-25** 05/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2025)
- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/aaec3b37-d59e-4e55-a81c-a18477b7d228`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).