---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
description: "Exempts the property located at 94 Carpenter Street in Providence from the general law prohibiting liquor licenses within a certain proximity to schools or churches."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2735"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2735 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-08"
last_action: "2024-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1d03830-6ea4-490d-ba58-1fc24ecb4440"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "004abdb0a785142e613a05482223a40fc1ead4842985e8093140cf57ae16659c"
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 2735 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES

Exempts the property located at 94 Carpenter Street in Providence from the general law prohibiting liquor licenses within a certain proximity to schools or churches.

## Version chain

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

1. **2735** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2735.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2024)
- **2024-03-13** 03/13/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2024)
- **2024-04-10** 04/10/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-12** 04/12/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/23/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 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/e1d03830-6ea4-490d-ba58-1fc24ecb4440`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).