---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- THEATER LICENSES (Expands the definition of legitimate theaters to the town of Burrillville.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- THEATER LICENSES (Expands the definition of legitimate theaters to the town of Burrillville.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7853"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7853 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Burrillville", "Films", "Arts and Theatre", "Licenses", "Newport"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newberry", "Place"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-26"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af8e8930-557c-457c-a329-313b931fb9f2"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4039acd759797ae310cc1200aaeb2ea9047008324defcbba7887ba3f4d1facbd"
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 7853 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- THEATER LICENSES (Expands the definition of legitimate theaters to the town of Burrillville.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7853** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7853.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newberry — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-26** 02/26/2020 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-06** 03/06/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2020)
- **2020-03-12** 03/12/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2020-06-09** 06/09/2020 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2020)
- **2020-06-11** 06/11/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2020)
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 House read and passed `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-26** 06/26/2020 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/af8e8930-557c-457c-a329-313b931fb9f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).