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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
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description: "Adds the month of August to the dates a Class A retail alcoholic beverage establishment can offer unlimited free samples of wine, beer and distilled spirits products."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 2698"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2698 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Lawson", "Tikoian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-01"
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last_action: "2024-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30f4542e-9150-484c-8dfb-b21702d3da9e"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "515f516d9066fd8e0cc98fa2153e63f2f4bac1ed09f0d79f1a5bea91c9ab8a34"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 2698 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
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Adds the month of August to the dates a Class A retail alcoholic beverage establishment can offer unlimited free samples of wine, beer and distilled spirits products.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **2698** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2698.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2024)
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- **2024-03-13** 03/13/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
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- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30f4542e-9150-484c-8dfb-b21702d3da9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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