---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CHECK CASHING (Exempts persons hosting state-operated video lottery games and state-operated casino gaming from the requirement that they construct and maintain bulletproof glass and steel partitions at check cashing stations, transaction windows, and/or similar areas.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CHECK CASHING (Exempts persons hosting state-operated video lottery games and state-operated casino gaming from the requirement that they construct and maintain bulletproof glass and steel partitions at check cashing stations, transaction windows, and/or similar areas.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 912"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 912 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-22"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77a68264-c9f8-48a1-8255-ae7ccba7c0b3"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c00e4b061b82ac3e02618173d4382578098f3a8429e1ead943bcb597bfcc5021"
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 912 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CHECK CASHING (Exempts persons hosting state-operated video lottery games and state-operated casino gaming from the requirement that they construct and maintain bulletproof glass and steel partitions at check cashing stations, transaction windows, and/or similar areas.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **912** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0912.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/29/2019)
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 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/77a68264-c9f8-48a1-8255-ae7ccba7c0b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).