---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
description: "Requires that applicants for a retail liquor license in the town of Westerly acquire commercial, general-liability, liquor liability and property damage insurance coverage in the amount of $300,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7043"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7043 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Corvese", "Kennedy", "Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c309d724-98a7-4d27-aeea-78c1aeff0cbd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d23a943a3cb07a30bb6ee8265daaaf1c44182e065c82d9c26ade1f16567aaa0f"
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 7043 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES

Requires that applicants for a retail liquor license in the town of Westerly acquire commercial, general-liability, liquor liability and property damage insurance coverage in the amount of $300,000.

## Version chain

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

1. **7043 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7043A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/20/2026)
- **2026-01-20** 01/20/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Scheduled for consideration
- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 Meeting postponed (01/27/2026)
- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2026)
- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/05/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/26/2026)
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 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/c309d724-98a7-4d27-aeea-78c1aeff0cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).