---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
description: "Allows for the issuance of a Class B or Class B-H liquor license for the property located at 349 Main Street in the town of South Kingstown."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8010"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8010 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spears", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b52fda34-329f-4144-8f50-8d28906414e1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b60377986cff92c03254c7a4262ad19c99ba9ebb1765f91dfff61d0cdf59e2d7"
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 8010 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES

Allows for the issuance of a Class B or Class B-H liquor license for the property located at 349 Main Street in the town of South Kingstown.

## Version chain

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

1. **8010** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8010.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spears — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2026)
- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 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/b52fda34-329f-4144-8f50-8d28906414e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).