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legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-38.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the city of East Providence to grant a retailer's Class B license to property located at 136 Taunton Avenue, Map 106, Block 6, Parcel 15 of the applicable city of East Providence tax assessment map.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the city of East Providence to grant a retailer's Class B license to property located at 136 Taunton Avenue, Map 106, Block 6, Parcel 15 of the applicable city of East Providence tax assessment map.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 38"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 38 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Cities & Towns", "East Providence", "Licenses", "Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Lauria", "Lawson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-18"
+last_action: "2023-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13a23de2-497b-40d1-b1ca-39b8e3da5f48"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "71b201fbeb024c8717cd3d358dc00be4c06b2d4e5272a0270d2b756d24eacc6c"
+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 38 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the city of East Providence to grant a retailer's Class B license to property located at 136 Taunton Avenue, Map 106, Block 6, Parcel 15 of the applicable city of East Providence tax assessment map.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0038.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-18** 01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2023)
+- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/07/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/13a23de2-497b-40d1-b1ca-39b8e3da5f48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+