---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows Providence board of licenses to grant an exemptions relating to issuance of a Class BL or Class BV alcoholic beverage retail licenses for 566 Plainfield Street & 777 Elmwood Avenue.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows Providence board of licenses to grant an exemptions relating to issuance of a Class BL or Class BV alcoholic beverage retail licenses for 566 Plainfield Street & 777 Elmwood Avenue.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6450"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6450 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses", "Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Perez", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-26"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7141d22-657f-46d2-b300-b0a4f125101a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ef9de1b9173d4e7071c0f49387168f15d16d8a9da472c3e6359cf52f13d907fc"
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 6450 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows Providence board of licenses to grant an exemptions relating to issuance of a Class BL or Class BV alcoholic beverage retail licenses for 566 Plainfield Street & 777 Elmwood Avenue.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6450** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6450.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/f7141d22-657f-46d2-b300-b0a4f125101a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).