---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts any proposed retailers' Class B license to be located at 163 Main Street, Westerly, RI, Map 66, Lot 11 from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from the premises of schools or places of worship.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts any proposed retailers' Class B license to be located at 163 Main Street, Westerly, RI, Map 66, Lot 11 from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from the premises of schools or places of worship.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2495"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2495 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/316ebb1b-27ae-405a-8f3a-b90f4755494c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b49729d6a3ad496d7af1ca9488338d05f49223f4ffe867f7f224f83fbfba01d9"
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 2495 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts any proposed retailers' Class B license to be located at 163 Main Street, Westerly, RI, Map 66, Lot 11 from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from the premises of schools or places of worship.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2495.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2022)
- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** 03/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2022)
- **2022-03-31** 03/31/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** 04/07/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-04** 05/04/2022 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/316ebb1b-27ae-405a-8f3a-b90f4755494c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).