---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOL BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows Westerly to exempt from the provisions of this section any proposed Class B liquor license to be located at 114 Granite Street, Westerly.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOL BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows Westerly to exempt from the provisions of this section any proposed Class B liquor license to be located at 114 Granite Street, Westerly.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2095"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2095 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses", "Liquor", "Westerly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fc9fb14-6ec0-4263-93ff-fec4573beb85"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "9ed2fdee6745ec4b1b2eaf06d09fc23191772b069fb6f2af82ba4527699630df"
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 2095 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOL BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows Westerly to exempt from the provisions of this section any proposed Class B liquor license to be located at 114 Granite Street, Westerly.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2095** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2095.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- RETAIL LICENSES — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** 01/21/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** 01/24/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/29/2020)
- **2020-01-29** 01/29/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-30** 01/30/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/05/2020)
- **2020-02-05** 02/05/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2020-02-06** 02/06/2020 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** 06/09/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2020)
- **2020-06-11** 06/11/2020 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2020)
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-27** 06/27/2020 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/5fc9fb14-6ec0-4263-93ff-fec4573beb85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).