---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING"
description: "Allows the two (2) gaming facilities in the state to livestream images of gaming-related activities to one or more external jurisdictions for the purpose of facilitating external game play activities in external jurisdictions where gaming is permitted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1017"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1017 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Felag", "LaMountain", "Murray", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-02"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49799373-584b-452d-b022-d2d65475e134"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c219d356c1545f30f4fbe7ae0c483bc1dcc275e9a22d7921b57d4b01a22fd8ec"
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 1017 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING

Allows the two (2) gaming facilities in the state to livestream images of gaming-related activities to one or more external jurisdictions for the purpose of facilitating external game play activities in external jurisdictions where gaming is permitted.

## Version chain

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

1. **1017 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1017A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–5** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **31–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Meeting postponed (05/21/2025)
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/49799373-584b-452d-b022-d2d65475e134`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).