---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- THEATER LICENSES (Expands the definition of legitimate theaters to the town of Burrillville.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- THEATER LICENSES (Expands the definition of legitimate theaters to the town of Burrillville.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2903"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2903 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses", "Newport"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-17"
last_action: "2020-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b3d4208-d1c2-4923-bd08-2e7540dd88ed"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "f6b0a3c7d0e28594bb301e103bce2ef3857cd87a3e6663771adbe040a23c31a9"
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 2903 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- THEATER LICENSES (Expands the definition of legitimate theaters to the town of Burrillville.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2903** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2903.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 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/3b3d4208-d1c2-4923-bd08-2e7540dd88ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).