---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts Class B license at 375 Smith Street, 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 Class B license at 375 Smith Street, 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: "SB 968"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 968 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-12"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/447455ce-0b53-4a45-b9aa-72ac6a30abbe"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b0fb143df4ac562865a8dcf8c2e807cc98c413544d63955f796f493775ca2f61"
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 968 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts Class B license at 375 Smith Street, 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. **968** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0968.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 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/447455ce-0b53-4a45-b9aa-72ac6a30abbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).