---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
description: "Allows for the issuance of Class BV liquor licenses for the properties located at 94 Carpenter Street and 1023 Broad Street, both in the city of Providence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5031"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5031 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3dea513-9e82-446b-992c-15959afdf923"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9204cb71478757e5210f151f99b6cd0dc0ed248639a2d9ce94802a1d9041b91c"
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 5031 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES

Allows for the issuance of Class BV liquor licenses for the properties located at 94 Carpenter Street and 1023 Broad Street, both in the city of Providence.

## Version chain

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

1. **5031** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5031.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-05** 07/05/2025 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/a3dea513-9e82-446b-992c-15959afdf923`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).