---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts any proposed retailers' Class B license to be located at 4 Market Street, Plat 3, Lot 74 in the town of Warren from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from the premises of schools or places of worship.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts any proposed retailers' Class B license to be located at 4 Market Street, Plat 3, Lot 74 in the town of Warren from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from the premises of schools or places of worship.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7581"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7581 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/212eee9d-7378-4a0f-a9bf-af8d381b570c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5d6c322e7c9968b8a0bdffb1001275d407a0ada9e8a9fedbb9541ecc3b0a272f"
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 7581 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts any proposed retailers' Class B license to be located at 4 Market Street, Plat 3, Lot 74 in the town of Warren from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from the premises of schools or places of worship.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7581** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7581.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** 02/18/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2022)
- **2022-03-17** 03/17/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-03-27** 03/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (03/31/2022)
- **2022-03-31** 03/31/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** 04/07/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** 04/07/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/12/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-20** 04/20/2022 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/212eee9d-7378-4a0f-a9bf-af8d381b570c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).