---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the city of Central Falls to exempt Plat 1, Lot 171 in Central Falls from the provisions of § 3-17-19 thereby making a business located on that property to be eligible to obtain a Class B liquor license.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the city of Central Falls to exempt Plat 1, Lot 171 in Central Falls from the provisions of § 3-17-19 thereby making a business located on that property to be eligible to obtain a Class B liquor license.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2970"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2970 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Central Falls", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-14"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec12da68-c881-4d71-895a-ab4312b7a3b3"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d1cdd01d532367b9590843b83cd9eb4ec6d1e94bfc0598bd3023c98c711ec391"
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 2970 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the city of Central Falls to exempt Plat 1, Lot 171 in Central Falls from the provisions of § 3-17-19 thereby making a business located on that property to be eligible to obtain a Class B liquor license.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2970** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2970.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 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/ec12da68-c881-4d71-895a-ab4312b7a3b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).