---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Increases the annual flat fee given to Lincoln and Tiverton by their respective sports wagering facilities to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Increases the annual flat fee given to Lincoln and Tiverton by their respective sports wagering facilities to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6371"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6371 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Gambling", "Lottery", "Sports", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Corvese", "Costantino", "Edwards", "Hawkins", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-28"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfe93256-d134-46cd-92fa-34abf66904bc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ac2602468614ba711f235fdd4443c3f5a2420a1c3957acaa824bd105382bf401"
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 6371 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Increases the annual flat fee given to Lincoln and Tiverton by their respective sports wagering facilities to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).)

## Version chain

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

1. **6371 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6371A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/dfe93256-d134-46cd-92fa-34abf66904bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).