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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7779"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7779 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Fish & Wildlife", "Licenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Donovan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-28"
+last_action: "2018-07-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58133f8a-b854-465e-a4d7-e11a243eda59"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "dfa8e0fc50e330c1cac1c778ef82004d75841a57a49c323343b8925de058d747"
+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 7779 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7779.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2018-03-12** 03/12/2018 Meeting postponed (03/13/2018)
+- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2018)
+- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee transferred to House Environment and Natural Resources
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 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/58133f8a-b854-465e-a4d7-e11a243eda59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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