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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 $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: "HB 7043"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7043 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Corvese", "Kennedy", "Phillips"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-01-09"
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last_action: "2026-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c309d724-98a7-4d27-aeea-78c1aeff0cbd"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "d23a943a3cb07a30bb6ee8265daaaf1c44182e065c82d9c26ade1f16567aaa0f"
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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 HB 7043 (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 $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. **7043 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7043A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Azzinaro — primary (person)
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- Corvese — primary (person)
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- Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/20/2026)
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- **2026-01-20** 01/20/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Scheduled for consideration
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- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 Meeting postponed (01/27/2026)
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- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2026)
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- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/05/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/26/2026)
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- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Senate 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/c309d724-98a7-4d27-aeea-78c1aeff0cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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