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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Providence board of licenses to grant an exemption from restrictions with regard to the proximity to schools and churches relating to issuance of a Class BV alcoholic beverage retail license for property located at 601 Hartford Avenue.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Providence board of licenses to grant an exemption from restrictions with regard to the proximity to schools and churches relating to issuance of a Class BV alcoholic beverage retail license for property located at 601 Hartford Avenue.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 440"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 440 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses", "Liquor", "Property", "Providence"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-25"
+last_action: "2021-07-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce4bd9b-37a9-4cdb-840c-fb7b783691ee"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "48438ecbe1730bbd52cb3b6590a61e5152e18e0e067b38b8d01c75dd6df15bb4"
+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 440 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Providence board of licenses to grant an exemption from restrictions with regard to the proximity to schools and churches relating to issuance of a Class BV alcoholic beverage retail license for property located at 601 Hartford Avenue.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0440.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2021)
+- **2021-03-10** 03/10/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/16/2021)
+- **2021-03-16** 03/16/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/cce4bd9b-37a9-4cdb-840c-fb7b783691ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+