---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts two locations in the city of Providence from the objection provisions afforded to schools and churches as adjoining property owners of prospective liquor license holders.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts two locations in the city of Providence from the objection provisions afforded to schools and churches as adjoining property owners of prospective liquor license holders.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8293"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8293 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses", "Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Almeida", "Diaz", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-06-06"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5103d910-62d4-4a73-8a28-fd43b4914fa2"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "64d9db5528396904b496366432882a1a470555116b1b1b6cbb9159d7dfea44f5"
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 HB 8293 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts two locations in the city of Providence from the objection provisions afforded to schools and churches as adjoining property owners of prospective liquor license holders.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **8293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8293.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Almeida — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/5103d910-62d4-4a73-8a28-fd43b4914fa2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).