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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
+description: "Exempts the Downtown Overlay District from the provisions of this section allowing for the city of Woonsocket shall, after application, to have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any proposed retailers' license of any class."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2697"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2697 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Bissaillon", "Lauria", "Murray"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-01"
+last_action: "2024-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f0b4af5-769e-4862-8036-6d291e8bb21d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ec814b670c4fad5358e02100596ae8f0d7320973cadc6db5024d7d8872179b30"
+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 2697 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
+
+Exempts the Downtown Overlay District from the provisions of this section allowing for the city of Woonsocket shall, after application, to have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any proposed retailers' license of any class.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2697 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2697Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2024)
+- **2024-03-13** 03/13/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
+- **2024-04-29** 04/29/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 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/0f0b4af5-769e-4862-8036-6d291e8bb21d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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