---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts property located at 122 North Main Street in the city of Woonsocket from the provision requiring it to be located a certain distance from objectors/schools/churches regarding the issuance of retail liquor licenses.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts property located at 122 North Main Street in the city of Woonsocket from the provision requiring it to be located a certain distance from objectors/schools/churches regarding the issuance of retail liquor licenses.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 38 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9e5d9b9-d741-4556-b371-a0ccddb4a015"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a5e7c4db3b9a48dc9ae2a032f7ed30b6245ce1012783167034996e422cf7d9c0"
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 38 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts property located at 122 North Main Street in the city of Woonsocket from the provision requiring it to be located a certain distance from objectors/schools/churches regarding the issuance of retail liquor licenses.)

## Version chain

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

1. **38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0038.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** 01/16/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** 02/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2019)
- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** 02/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/05/2019)
- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-03-06** 03/06/2019 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2019)
- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/28/2019)
- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/02/2019)
- **2019-04-02** 04/02/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-10** 04/10/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9e5d9b9-d741-4556-b371-a0ccddb4a015`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).