---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Providence board of licenses to grant an exemption from restrictions with regard to the proximity to schools and churches relating to issuance of a Class BV alcoholic beverage retail license for property located at 601 Hartford Avenue.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Providence board of licenses to grant an exemption from restrictions with regard to the proximity to schools and churches relating to issuance of a Class BV alcoholic beverage retail license for property located at 601 Hartford Avenue.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6422"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6422 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses", "Liquor", "Property", "Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Perez", "Shanley", "Slater", "Vella-Wilkinson", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-11"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89c009ba-050b-486e-a7c3-d87a82b8f11e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9d1e79c325aa4b3d3967ee87b187496e169b69eeb60af39697562cdaff392be1"
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 6422 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Providence board of licenses to grant an exemption from restrictions with regard to the proximity to schools and churches relating to issuance of a Class BV alcoholic beverage retail license for property located at 601 Hartford Avenue.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6422** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6422.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 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`
- **2021-06-29** 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/89c009ba-050b-486e-a7c3-d87a82b8f11e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).