---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the board of licenses in the city of Providence to exempt, after application, any proposed retailers' Class B license located at 464-468 Wickenden Street in the city of Providence, regardless of objection to license or statutory prohibition.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the board of licenses in the city of Providence to exempt, after application, any proposed retailers' Class B license located at 464-468 Wickenden Street in the city of Providence, regardless of objection to license or statutory prohibition.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6124"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6124 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-20"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8666d30a-d826-4f76-af3c-85c8ab9f04e3"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ccd236ece19f2fcc44c43b593f84654970e5a29414ad970277eb17602cedc3f8"
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 6124 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the board of licenses in the city of Providence to exempt, after application, any proposed retailers' Class B license located at 464-468 Wickenden Street in the city of Providence, regardless of objection to license or statutory prohibition.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6124.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-20** 05/20/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** 05/20/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2019)
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Meeting postponed (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 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/8666d30a-d826-4f76-af3c-85c8ab9f04e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).