---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Pawtucket city council to issue a Class B, C, or N liquor license for use on property located on tax assessor's plat 54B, 65B, and 23A, despite their close proximity to a school or church.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Pawtucket city council to issue a Class B, C, or N liquor license for use on property located on tax assessor's plat 54B, 65B, and 23A, despite their close proximity to a school or church.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6175"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6175 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses", "Liquor", "Pawtucket"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Barros", "Messier", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-26"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd663ecf-6b30-4e43-bb7a-c5609667f722"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "84b75507bafd9ec7e962d9357aae49c2b2ec572c65a1b578c1462b7a38f62c63"
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 6175 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Pawtucket city council to issue a Class B, C, or N liquor license for use on property located on tax assessor's plat 54B, 65B, and 23A, despite their close proximity to a school or church.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6175 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6175aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Barros — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2021)
- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2021)
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2021)
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2021)
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 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/cd663ecf-6b30-4e43-bb7a-c5609667f722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).