---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Westerly Town Council to issue a Class B liquor license for premises located at 169 and 177 Main Street, despite its location within proximity to a school church.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Westerly Town Council to issue a Class B liquor license for premises located at 169 and 177 Main Street, despite its location within proximity to a school church.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 277"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 277 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses", "Liquor", "Westerly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9fbb088-3970-4462-af75-874b6b475507"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "00c9ac01dcca78e324cb32d7b9c587d63916537002a17c16fcd9bdb764c94db0"
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 277 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Westerly Town Council to issue a Class B liquor license for premises located at 169 and 177 Main Street, despite its location within proximity to a school church.)

## Version chain

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

1. **277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0277.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2021)
- **2021-03-10** 03/10/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/16/2021)
- **2021-03-16** 03/16/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Placed on House Calendar (04/27/2021)
- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 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/e9fbb088-3970-4462-af75-874b6b475507`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).