---
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).