---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Amends the hours of operation for Class A liquor license holders in Central Falls.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Amends the hours of operation for Class A liquor license holders in Central Falls.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2873"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2873 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Business & Professions", "Central Falls", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-03"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d70f7b35-1c8b-4691-8bc0-791203974c59"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3fa91ba12cfcf8e17dbd35d259ce117a2fc3c10467b6e3a02888beb316adfa7e"
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 2873 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Amends the hours of operation for Class A liquor license holders in Central Falls.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2873** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2873.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2018)
- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-02** 06/02/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2018)
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 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/d70f7b35-1c8b-4691-8bc0-791203974c59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).