---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts property located at 122 North Main Street in the city of Woonsocket from the provision requiring it to be located a certain distance from objectors/schools/churches regarding the issuance of retail liquor licenses.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts property located at 122 North Main Street in the city of Woonsocket from the provision requiring it to be located a certain distance from objectors/schools/churches regarding the issuance of retail liquor licenses.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5053"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5053 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Morin", "Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3831ef2b-e9d3-48d2-8163-6c0539404fe0"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1c26afa7a3c9515f420907c0455ced253f7cecb0db33ca177c010875e2c053ce"
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 5053 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts property located at 122 North Main Street in the city of Woonsocket from the provision requiring it to be located a certain distance from objectors/schools/churches regarding the issuance of retail liquor licenses.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5053.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** 01/09/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** 01/18/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/24/2019)
- **2019-01-24** 01/24/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for consideration (02/07/2019)
- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** 02/08/2019 Placed on House Calendar (02/26/2019)
- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-03-07** 03/07/2019 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Meeting postponed (03/13/2019)
- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2019)
- **2019-03-27** 03/27/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** 04/02/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/04/2019)
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-10** 04/10/2019 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/3831ef2b-e9d3-48d2-8163-6c0539404fe0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).