---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the city of Providence to exempt 11 Lowell Avenue, 187 Pocasset Avenue and 191 Pocasset Avenue from the provisions of § 3-7-19 which would prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at that location.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the city of Providence to exempt 11 Lowell Avenue, 187 Pocasset Avenue and 191 Pocasset Avenue from the provisions of § 3-7-19 which would prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at that location.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8142"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8142 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lima", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-04-27"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16acbdde-5367-4448-bc8c-aa34982db589"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "98bb8a70ab2f93ec39a72597dea73de81304f1a17e1ee58c592aa45c4e1e473e"
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 HB 8142 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the city of Providence to exempt 11 Lowell Avenue, 187 Pocasset Avenue and 191 Pocasset Avenue from the provisions of § 3-7-19 which would prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at that location.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8142.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lima — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2018)
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2018)
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 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/16acbdde-5367-4448-bc8c-aa34982db589`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).