---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts any proposed retailers' Class B license to be located at 671 Broadway Street, Plat 35, Lot 566 in the city of Providence from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from schools or places of worship.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts any proposed retailers' Class B license to be located at 671 Broadway Street, Plat 35, Lot 566 in the city of Providence from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from schools or places of worship.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6237"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6237 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Hull", "Lombardi", "Slater", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-06-21"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a365e152-71ce-4913-bc84-daf4c5414667"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "655b2fd852a4535963d5af14b97ff80cc4475f03362a524d9ed28f70b24c679a"
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 6237 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts any proposed retailers' Class B license to be located at 671 Broadway Street, Plat 35, Lot 566 in the city of Providence from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from schools or places of worship.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6237.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 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/a365e152-71ce-4913-bc84-daf4c5414667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).