---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts the city of Pawtucket from the restrictions for issuing liquor licenses within two hundred (200’) feet of a school or place of worship for the \"Tidewater Landing\" project.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts the city of Pawtucket from the restrictions for issuing liquor licenses within two hundred (200’) feet of a school or place of worship for the \"Tidewater Landing\" project.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 747"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 747 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses", "Liquor", "Pawtucket", "Religion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Cano", "Kallman", "Mendes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-26"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1f8ae99-7124-4fbe-942a-35f9b23700fc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ced602d670b9fa87dbd051749d949799e514602d172e03c8ec06a9f58a88bf05"
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 747 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts the city of Pawtucket from the restrictions for issuing liquor licenses within two hundred (200’) feet of a school or place of worship for the "Tidewater Landing" project.)

## Version chain

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

1. **747 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0747aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mendes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2021)
- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/27/2021)
- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2021)
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1f8ae99-7124-4fbe-942a-35f9b23700fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).