---
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: "SB 556"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 556 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Education", "Licenses", "Religion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d1efafd-d323-4cd4-a5d0-dcb38df691be"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "156929c0d6a1a72edf9a43c8bf711c7bf191a006f536a72642bd62bd6ba98477"
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 556 (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. **556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0556.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 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`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House 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/7d1efafd-d323-4cd4-a5d0-dcb38df691be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).