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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Provides that a server-based gaming system would utilize a mechanism to detect the physical location of a player at the time the player is wagering.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Provides that a server-based gaming system would utilize a mechanism to detect the physical location of a player at the time the player is wagering.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 2919"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2919 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Gambling", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-06-18"
+last_action: "2020-07-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59e86373-2fa1-4a1c-99f7-26214377e6ef"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "fd501ca7fc6e52a6ed679dce9a5663abc13e2b3203a3f5e0857978db4f37cbc4"
+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 2919 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Provides that a server-based gaming system would utilize a mechanism to detect the physical location of a player at the time the player is wagering.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2919** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2919.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **33–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-10** 07/10/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/14/2020)
+- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-07-15** 07/15/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/16/2020)
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-22** 07/22/2020 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/59e86373-2fa1-4a1c-99f7-26214377e6ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+