---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the East Providence City Council to issue a Class B liquor license for a retail establishment, located at 332 Bullock Point Avenue.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the East Providence City Council to issue a Class B liquor license for a retail establishment, located at 332 Bullock Point Avenue.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 895"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 895 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "East Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Goldin", "Mack", "Mendes", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-11"
last_action: "2021-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e35f6ad1-5215-43c6-8ce4-9301d6d8421a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9ed901293415b2551a7a52e793ba4f62adf1b20f9dfdfaa390817c6826401d0f"
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 895 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the East Providence City Council to issue a Class B liquor license for a retail establishment, located at 332 Bullock Point Avenue.)

## Version chain

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

1. **895** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0895.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Mendes — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-12** 06/12/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 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/e35f6ad1-5215-43c6-8ce4-9301d6d8421a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).