---
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 three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2148"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2148 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "Gu", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0447c3a-8f57-41fa-87e9-f7bee1744e2f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9b388687101f71149b91cc816f8c13b47bdc7632220fad4e3e967009e21f2a80"
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 2148 (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 three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000).

## Version chain

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

1. **2148 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2148A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/26/2026)
- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/31/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-04-01** 04/01/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/15/2026)
- **2026-04-15** 04/15/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 House 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/c0447c3a-8f57-41fa-87e9-f7bee1744e2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).