---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
description: "Allows for the issuance of a Class BV liquor license for the property located at 819 Westminster Street in the city of Providence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2749"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2749 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8fb0112-8b1e-4485-97a2-e67d6c57daa4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "400eb98358d7836cf95923acb37285ddf27eebf3c454d344bf600a84cfbed040"
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 2749 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES

Allows for the issuance of a Class BV liquor license for the property located at 819 Westminster Street in the city of Providence.

## Version chain

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

1. **2749** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2749.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Meeting postponed (04/01/2026)
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2026)
- **2026-04-08** 04/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/14/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-04-15** 04/15/2026 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-07** 05/07/2026 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 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/b8fb0112-8b1e-4485-97a2-e67d6c57daa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).