---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts property located at 161 Douglas Avenue, Providence, from prohibition of sale of alcoholic beverages within two hundred feet (200') of any school or church.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts property located at 161 Douglas Avenue, Providence, from prohibition of sale of alcoholic beverages within two hundred feet (200') of any school or church.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2938"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2938 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licenses", "Property", "Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-31"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baf0fad9-1d09-4edf-b08e-77af8b1ad121"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "10798811de35db168c9130172ea84a181917dd82ef1aaf86a8d93f572357c6df"
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 2938 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts property located at 161 Douglas Avenue, Providence, from prohibition of sale of alcoholic beverages within two hundred feet (200') of any school or church.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2938.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/baf0fad9-1d09-4edf-b08e-77af8b1ad121`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).