---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Grants the Providence board of licenses the authority to exempt from the provisions of the laws concerning the proximity of a Class B license retailer to schools and churches, property located at 12 Governor Street in the city of Providence.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Grants the Providence board of licenses the authority to exempt from the provisions of the laws concerning the proximity of a Class B license retailer to schools and churches, property located at 12 Governor Street in the city of Providence.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2907"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2907 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-26"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fe8a72d-bb4d-477b-9a3d-0d72385c13a2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3588b90fb7e2d992a0722f014e30312ac3bae3917e8df11231dbb88cb3dda2a6"
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 2907 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Grants the Providence board of licenses the authority to exempt from the provisions of the laws concerning the proximity of a Class B license retailer to schools and churches, property located at 12 Governor Street in the city of Providence.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2907** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2907.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2022)
- **2022-05-04** 05/04/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-06** 07/06/2022 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/1fe8a72d-bb4d-477b-9a3d-0d72385c13a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).