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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Authorizes and provide for online sports wagering through authorized hosting facilities in Rhode Island.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Authorizes and provide for online sports wagering through authorized hosting facilities in Rhode Island.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 37"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 37 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Gambling"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Conley", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-16"
+last_action: "2019-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d3908b8-2a81-4ee3-bd2c-a2ad43770350"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "2bb131ffc73b48d4c028d0afba68274d1c28c687afba05b49694e8b5b4fa409e"
+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 37 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Authorizes and provide for online sports wagering through authorized hosting facilities in Rhode Island.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **37 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0037A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–4** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Algiere — primary (person)
+- Conley — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-16** 01/16/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2019)
+- **2019-02-06** 02/06/2019 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
+- **2019-02-06** 02/06/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/13/2019)
+- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/05/2019)
+- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Placed on House Calendar (03/12/2019)
+- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-03-19** 03/19/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-25** 03/25/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d3908b8-2a81-4ee3-bd2c-a2ad43770350`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+