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legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-1018.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts any proposed retailers' Class BV license to be located at 499 Hope Street, Map 9, Lot 75 in the town of Bristol from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from the premises of schools or places of worship.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts any proposed retailers' Class BV license to be located at 499 Hope Street, Map 9, Lot 75 in the town of Bristol from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from the premises of schools or places of worship.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 1018"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 1018 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Bristol"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "Lauria", "Ujifusa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-15"
+last_action: "2023-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f0cef76-e9c0-4c98-b77f-edf432dce6a7"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e37e51ba0909e32a05568998b667bf688ae51bfb5432a5fa493cf8fb1b089d1b"
+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 1018 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts any proposed retailers' Class BV license to be located at 499 Hope Street, Map 9, Lot 75 in the town of Bristol from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from the premises of schools or places of worship.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **1018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1018.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2023)
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f0cef76-e9c0-4c98-b77f-edf432dce6a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+