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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES--CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS (Adds virtual currency to the existing electronic money transmission and sale of check licenses and adds additional regulatory provisions to simplify and clarify licensing related thereto.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES--CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS (Adds virtual currency to the existing electronic money transmission and sale of check licenses and adds additional regulatory provisions to simplify and clarify licensing related thereto.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 753"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 753 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Financial Institutions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "Lombardo", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-04"
+last_action: "2019-07-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20882ef9-d12d-4495-9dc7-22084fdb351d"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "8460b67a459b15f78b5895ccb4861d007abb562205ddd36c41c86425b5defa3a"
+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 753 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES--CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS (Adds virtual currency to the existing electronic money transmission and sale of check licenses and adds additional regulatory provisions to simplify and clarify licensing related thereto.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **753 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0753Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **33–2** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conley — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Lombardo — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/23/2019)
+- **2019-04-23** 04/23/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-17** 06/17/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/20882ef9-d12d-4495-9dc7-22084fdb351d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+