---
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: "SB 2937"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2937 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses", "Property", "Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-31"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5a7f540-d0a1-46eb-9dae-c6bfdf1fa286"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "cbe3fa3280f1497ceaaac0cd013c087370dd3d9e9ff00ed8787949fa69ccdb00"
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 2937 (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. **2937** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2937.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
- **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
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House 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/d5a7f540-d0a1-46eb-9dae-c6bfdf1fa286`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).