---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the city of East Providence to grant a retailer's Class B license to property located at 136 Taunton Avenue, Map 106, Block 6, Parcel 15 of the applicable city of East Providence tax assessment map.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the city of East Providence to grant a retailer's Class B license to property located at 136 Taunton Avenue, Map 106, Block 6, Parcel 15 of the applicable city of East Providence tax assessment map.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 38 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Cities & Towns", "East Providence", "Licenses", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Lauria", "Lawson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13a23de2-497b-40d1-b1ca-39b8e3da5f48"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "71b201fbeb024c8717cd3d358dc00be4c06b2d4e5272a0270d2b756d24eacc6c"
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 SB 38 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the city of East Providence to grant a retailer's Class B license to property located at 136 Taunton Avenue, Map 106, Block 6, Parcel 15 of the applicable city of East Providence tax assessment map.)

## Version chain

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

1. **38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0038.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** 01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2023)
- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/07/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House 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/13a23de2-497b-40d1-b1ca-39b8e3da5f48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).