---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
description: "Allows for the issuance of a Class B liquor license for the property located at 150 Broadway in the city of Providence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2331"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2331 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89b98ba2-51bc-4d6e-90e5-e6124e1748fb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4b527ec9b3c8e1583669e467dfb57ec6e99c23d419750f52e854119ab27dfe1e"
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 2331 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES

Allows for the issuance of a Class B liquor license for the property located at 150 Broadway in the city of Providence.

## Version chain

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

1. **2331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2331.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/10/2026)
- **2026-02-10** 02/10/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** 02/12/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/26/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/24/2026)
- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 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/89b98ba2-51bc-4d6e-90e5-e6124e1748fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).