republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/sb-2740.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Allows railroad companies who hold a Class G license to serve alcohol at retail aboard its trains and in its controlled station premises up to 60 minutes prior to a train's scheduled departure.)	AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Allows railroad companies who hold a Class G license to serve alcohol at retail aboard its trains and in its controlled station premises up to 60 minutes prior to a train's scheduled departure.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	SB 2740	Rhode Island SB 2740 (2018)	bill	Alcoholic Beverages Food and Drugs Licenses Railroads	enacted	Cote Picard	1	14	2	2018-03-20	2018-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/79eba851-6267-490a-824e-8a5876b2f667	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	27bf8d88a71862cd9ba58fd021a12e2d307680c2d108fb9876bba08c680100e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2740 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Allows railroad companies who hold a Class G license to serve alcohol at retail aboard its trains and in its controlled station premises up to 60 minutes prior to a train's scheduled departure.)

Version chain

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

1. 2740 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 68–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cote — primary (person)
• Picard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-20 03/20/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-23 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
• 2018-03-28 03/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-04-20 04/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2018)
• 2018-04-25 04/25/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-26 04/26/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2018)
• 2018-05-02 05/02/2018 Senate read and passed passage
• 2018-05-03 05/03/2018 Referred to House Corporations referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-10 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79eba851-6267-490a-824e-8a5876b2f667. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).