---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES-CENTRAL FALLS"
description: "Allows Central Falls to exempt the property located at 913-915 Dexter Street, AP 7, Lot 156 from the law that prohibits any proposed retailers’ license of any class located within two hundred feet (200') of the premises of a school or place of worship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1125"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1125 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-02"
last_action: "2025-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d804fa16-90c7-45a2-adb1-e5ecd2d288ee"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4aa0b7a062e2e458fc4f1ec8ff86ced1e2b9440d9309ec5c4371245fecd15ee9"
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 1125 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES-CENTRAL FALLS

Allows Central Falls to exempt the property located at 913-915 Dexter Street, AP 7, Lot 156 from the law that prohibits any proposed retailers’ license of any class located within two hundred feet (200') of the premises of a school or place of worship.

## Version chain

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

1. **1125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1125.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House 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/d804fa16-90c7-45a2-adb1-e5ecd2d288ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).