---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES (Exempts the property located at 375 Smith Street, Providence, from the provisions prohibiting liquor licenses within a proximity of two hundred feet (200') of a school or church.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES (Exempts the property located at 375 Smith Street, Providence, from the provisions prohibiting liquor licenses within a proximity of two hundred feet (200') of a school or church.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6217"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6217 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Building Code", "Criminal Offense", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-06-13"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67c06c73-92f8-49c2-87ae-05da86018b10"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1854b1d72478d6ce2b6a4d1060e121151564cf9b108d7abcfd77c33fe9ad7ddb"
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 6217 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES (Exempts the property located at 375 Smith Street, Providence, from the provisions prohibiting liquor licenses within a proximity of two hundred feet (200') of a school or church.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6217.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or 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`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 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/67c06c73-92f8-49c2-87ae-05da86018b10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).