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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL SALES (Allows the town of Barrington board of licenses to grant an exemption from the provisions of the statute regarding proximity to schools and churches relating to the issuance of an alcoholic beverage retail license for property located at 305 Sowams Road.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL SALES (Allows the town of Barrington board of licenses to grant an exemption from the provisions of the statute regarding proximity to schools and churches relating to the issuance of an alcoholic beverage retail license for property located at 305 Sowams Road.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 969"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 969 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Barrington", "Licenses", "Liquor", "Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-06-21"
+last_action: "2021-07-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0e5b379-4aa8-4a1c-b39b-8b18b06c583b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "8b0dd391edabaafdc08e9cc61fb767cc03bcf7245d4571237f6b26a49424f4ca"
+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 969 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL SALES (Allows the town of Barrington board of licenses to grant an exemption from the provisions of the statute regarding proximity to schools and churches relating to the issuance of an alcoholic beverage retail license for property located at 305 Sowams Road.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **969** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0969.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/23/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/24/2021)
+- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 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/e0e5b379-4aa8-4a1c-b39b-8b18b06c583b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+