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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
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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)."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 2148"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2148 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "Gu", "Urso"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-16"
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last_action: "2026-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0447c3a-8f57-41fa-87e9-f7bee1744e2f"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "9b388687101f71149b91cc816f8c13b47bdc7632220fad4e3e967009e21f2a80"
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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 2148 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
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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).
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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. **2148 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2148A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Gu — primary (person)
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- Urso — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
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- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/26/2026)
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- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/31/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2026-04-01** 04/01/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/15/2026)
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- **2026-04-15** 04/15/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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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/c0447c3a-8f57-41fa-87e9-f7bee1744e2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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