---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Holders of Class B licenses shall offer the public food during times alcoholic beverages are sold to the public.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Holders of Class B licenses shall offer the public food during times alcoholic beverages are sold to the public.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2132"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2132 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Murray", "Raptakis", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6cedb49-9e41-4779-8f80-65780b7fecef"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5c131ee0f29a5a56823dbe87c291955ae506ddafb4ed8bf09c385481e97a8ac9"
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 2132 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Holders of Class B licenses shall offer the public food during times alcoholic beverages are sold to the public.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2132 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2132A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25** 01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** 02/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/02/2022)
- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/08/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** 03/08/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2022)
- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/12/2022)
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 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/d6cedb49-9e41-4779-8f80-65780b7fecef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).