---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows a new restaurant to be located at 53 Narragansett Avenue in Jamestown to obtain a class BVL liquor license to sell beer and wine.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows a new restaurant to be located at 53 Narragansett Avenue in Jamestown to obtain a class BVL liquor license to sell beer and wine.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6271"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6271 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Jamestown", "Licenses", "Liquor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruggiero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-28"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b8b68ed-6139-4af0-9f04-92964f8c5799"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1eb1eab65d17882a6837fe36e0cbd88444cc9e8a72788d7d8c793288a76092ff"
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 6271 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows a new restaurant to be located at 53 Narragansett Avenue in Jamestown to obtain a class BVL liquor license to sell beer and wine.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6271.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruggiero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/06/2021)
- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/7b8b68ed-6139-4af0-9f04-92964f8c5799`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).