---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts 203-209 Douglas Avenue, Plat 68, Lots 83 and 646 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map from the permitting of alcohol beverages retail licenses within a certain proximity to schools and churches.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts 203-209 Douglas Avenue, Plat 68, Lots 83 and 646 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map from the permitting of alcohol beverages retail licenses within a certain proximity to schools and churches.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6397"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6397 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses", "Liquor", "Property", "Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Biah", "Blazejewski", "Cassar", "Costantino", "Henries", "J Lombardi", "Potter", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-04"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8aa0e1b-69ec-439d-9528-99067b1a6b79"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eb3ade41d9d3dd5f85dbe018db9dc9ab22aa6b6b96f0e7aff56792e091ccb04f"
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 6397 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts 203-209 Douglas Avenue, Plat 68, Lots 83 and 646 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map from the permitting of alcohol beverages retail licenses within a certain proximity to schools and churches.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6397.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Cassar — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- J Lombardi — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/17/2021)
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 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/b8aa0e1b-69ec-439d-9528-99067b1a6b79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).