---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the Providence board of licenses to exempt from the prohibition regarding proximity to schools and churches any proposed retailer Class B or Class BV license located at 225 Waterman Street, Providence tax assessment map.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the Providence board of licenses to exempt from the prohibition regarding proximity to schools and churches any proposed retailer Class B or Class BV license located at 225 Waterman Street, Providence tax assessment map.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5289"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5289 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Business & Professions", "Cities & Towns", "Licenses", "Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Hull", "J. Lombardi", "Kislak"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03b68270-1868-4dab-b7fd-e93bc8f2ea7e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b867af52436164c36846dedbe3d83487921087e136b96b3e87b1b531ce48f231"
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 5289 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the Providence board of licenses to exempt from the prohibition regarding proximity to schools and churches any proposed retailer Class B or Class BV license located at 225 Waterman Street, Providence tax assessment map.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5289.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- J. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2023)
- **2023-02-08** 02/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/03b68270-1868-4dab-b7fd-e93bc8f2ea7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).