---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the North Providence town council to exempt its tax assessor's Plat 19, Lot, 617, from the proximity to school and churches applicable restriction for retail liquor licenses.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the North Providence town council to exempt its tax assessor's Plat 19, Lot, 617, from the proximity to school and churches applicable restriction for retail liquor licenses.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8160"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8160 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Hull", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-04-14"
last_action: "2022-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/103617d3-08c6-4582-a3e0-c62b6c23bdb2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c5897aa3d6bf2f776cee0b502217f420fee780addd3cf557c8d9b5ea35a97637"
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 8160 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the North Providence town council to exempt its tax assessor's Plat 19, Lot, 617, from the proximity to school and churches applicable restriction for retail liquor licenses.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8160.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-14** 04/14/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2022)
- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-02** 07/02/2022 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/103617d3-08c6-4582-a3e0-c62b6c23bdb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).