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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
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description: "Exempts the Downtown Overlay District from the provisions of this section allowing for the city of Woonsocket shall, after application, to have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any proposed retailers' license of any class."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 8254"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 8254 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brien", "Casey", "Phillips"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-05-08"
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last_action: "2024-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c1b4153-eae1-433d-a57b-922a2d8101db"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "1983e852031164a318415f6271917d91ac04c66537c11c06561ef59c32377343"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 8254 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
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Exempts the Downtown Overlay District from the provisions of this section allowing for the city of Woonsocket shall, after application, to have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any proposed retailers' license of any class.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **8254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8254.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brien — primary (person)
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- Casey — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2024)
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- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-28** 06/28/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c1b4153-eae1-433d-a57b-922a2d8101db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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