---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes Woonsocket city council to exempt Class BV/BM license retailers' from 200 feet prohibition from the sale of alcohol from school/religious entity between 2 Main Street and 194 Main Street.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes Woonsocket city council to exempt Class BV/BM license retailers' from 200 feet prohibition from the sale of alcohol from school/religious entity between 2 Main Street and 194 Main Street.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6165"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6165 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Morin", "Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-30"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19a52735-20c8-44ce-83a2-b9f61be82149"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5df3b992f78fb1a3589ca248a7ee58d0a57a85e66b9018f0f2f3ec083c2da7a2"
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 6165 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes Woonsocket city council to exempt Class BV/BM license retailers' from 200 feet prohibition from the sale of alcohol from school/religious entity between 2 Main Street and 194 Main Street.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6165.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-02** 07/02/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/19a52735-20c8-44ce-83a2-b9f61be82149`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).