---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the city of Providence to exempt 11 Lowell Avenue, 187 Pocasset Avenue and 191 Pocasset Avenue from the provisions of § 3-7-19 which would prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at that location.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the city of Providence to exempt 11 Lowell Avenue, 187 Pocasset Avenue and 191 Pocasset Avenue from the provisions of § 3-7-19 which would prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at that location.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2846"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2846 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Lombardi", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-03"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd14de2b-2ceb-4b7e-b793-1d9daaa25714"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "475d0a3eddf884c82296912dae51d25a37664f44fcfd9ad0cee678da320c0cd3"
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 2846 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the city of Providence to exempt 11 Lowell Avenue, 187 Pocasset Avenue and 191 Pocasset Avenue from the provisions of § 3-7-19 which would prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at that location.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2846** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2846.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2018)
- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2018)
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 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/cd14de2b-2ceb-4b7e-b793-1d9daaa25714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).